Funny of the Day (Mom Style)- Can we keep him as a pet.

We woke up to a huge spider in outside our sliding door. My son was afraid of the spider, but I tried to help him understand that spiders are cool outside, just not inside. We watched the spider catch a fly and that was fun. The following conversation occurred......

My guy asked, "mom can we keep him as a pet?"

Me thinking no way said, "as long as he stays outside."

My guy thoughtfully, "hummmmm I think I will name him cupcake."

That was funny by itself, but my sister's reaction to it on Facebook was the best-

Sis- "That is no cupcake!"

Funny of The Day (Mom Style)- What Rhymes With Duck?

Ten years ago I worked with someone who told a story of a classic funny where they were working with rhyming words. In the teacher's manual they were working with the -uck word family and were instructed to rhyme with the word duck. Well you can guess what a sweet child through out as a word that rhymed with duck. The teacher said she learned her lesson and never taught that lesson again.

This lesson came back to haunt me the other day. We were driving in the car when my son piped up and asked, "mom do you know what rhymes with duck? With pride he yelled out F!@#."

Well I would like to state now that My Big Guy and I are not perfect, but we don't use language like that. I quickly corrected My Little Guy and told him that was a bad word and we should not use it. He then asked the follow up question, "Mom what does it mean?"

With My Little Guy only being 5 I thought it better not to go into details. I just emphasized again what a not great word it was.

Who knew that a funny from so long ago would resurface in my life?

Happy Teaching/ Parenting

Pic of My Little Guy asleep in the car after a 5k. He fell asleep in 2 min. 

Funny of the Day (Mom Style)- My Little Monkey

I truly love my job, but my family come first and foremost. Funny of the Days happen at home and I think of them as my Mom Style.
My little guy and I were at the store picking up just a few things from the grocery store. Now there are three people in my family. My big guy, my little guy, and myself. My guys love bananas and that is what I was picking up. I was planning on just getting fruit for a couple of days. I grabbed two huge bunches of bananas. This is for three people for a couple of days. Surely it will last us. My little guy reaches over and grabs another bunch of bananas. I tried to help him understand that we had plenty of bananas. He looked at me and said, "mom you can never have too many bananas and I don't want to run out." How can you argue with logic like that from such a monkey?

Happy Teaching/ Parenting.

This is only some of the bananas. Another bunch wouldn't fit on the stand.