We were happily eating breakfast as a family this morning when some loud gas slipped out of Jack. Trying to be a good mother, I decided that I should use this instance as a teaching moment. I started to explain to Jack that you try not to let gas slip out, but in those rare instances when it does, the polite thing to do is to say 'excuse me'.
Jack then very excitedly told me, 'No, no, no, you say, "Who let those tree frogs in the house?"'
Doing my best to hold in my laughter, I immediately looked over at Charles (who I knew was the source of this one liner) to rebuke him for inadvertently teaching our son this 'reasoning'. But Charles, being a good husband, was already backing me up by telling Jack that Mommy was right. I believe his exact words were 'When you are in public you say excuse me. But when it is just you and Daddy, you can say who let those tree frogs in the house!'
Part of me wanted to be slightly annoyed, but I decided to be happy that I am able to share parenting with someone who enjoys laughter and a good joke. I can imagine there will be many tree frog parties with Charles, Jack, (and Theo) in the future when I am not around.
2 comments:
Tree frogs? That's a new one to me. I always heard it "dropped a rose petal." I must say that tree frogs has a more manly sound. Kudos to you for teaching Jack the proper way to handle such moments and to Charles for backing you up.
HAHAHAHA!! This conversation sounds oh so familiar, only in our house, we have barking spiders. What a blessing our men are!
Love and miss!
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