Windows into Family Life
From George:
“He is a aaahs-hole. Darcy, say aaahs-hole.”
Me: ??? Who taught you that word?
G: My daddy.
Mom’s explanation, looking mildly exasperated (this mom does every emotion mildly, far as I can make out): “Dad was talking about a colleague, and sometimes he forgets he’s talking in front of little sponges.” (I suspect dad would be more entertained than made apologetic by this story, hence mom’s exasperation.)
Another one: “I went to Zellers and I bought a present for my father for Father’s Day and it was a video of Jesus Christ Superstar, and I got upset when they put Jesus on the wooden cross, so we watched The Little Tugboat instead.”
I can see it. Mom, Dad, and children gathered around to absorb the profundities of… The Little Tugboat.
From such innocent disclosures do I get a sense of the family politics and power balances of each household!
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It's Not All Mary Poppins 
oh god, makes a mom’s heart quake to think what Pumpkinpie will disclose when she is able to put together a more descriptive sentence that doesn’t involve filling in some blanks.
(Like scenes from this weekend when, at someone cottage for the day, I told Misterpie we were never leaving the house again.)
I have learned how to say asshole in French. It may come in handy someday.
Rochelle was upset by JCS too. I’d forgotten about those final scenes.
Ha! Children can indeed control the favored media of the household.
My mother says that she missed a decade of pop culture while tending to us and watching Sesame Street. After we emerged, a little older and able to watch favorite TV shows together, she came across odd things that she hadn’t noticed. “They made 5 sequels to The Planet of the Apes? When did that happen?”
yes. it’s amazing what one reveals in only a few words. i wonder what i reveal? although, in my case, it would RARELY be from only a FEW words!
What does it say about a family if they watch Wiggles together so much they all know the lyrics to the songs? Am I crazy, or does “Big Red Car” have all the signs of becoming a billboard hit?!
Oh, if they knew, do you think they would just die?