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[siercia]

Add together one 4 year old, one chocolate ice cream cone and one warm evening, and what do you get?

An unholy mess, is what. a pretty yellow dress entirely covered in brown spots. But one happy happy little kid.

Also, I have to say, I love it when this girl loudly calls someone out on their asshattery and embarrasses them. "Mommy, why is that guy parked in the middle like that? THAT'S NOT VERY NICE!" "No, sweetie, it isn't. I don't know why they would do something like that." *guy turns red and moves his damn car.* *SCORE!*

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[sydneygb.livejournal.com]

I think maybe sometime I'll be wanting to borrow your cute kid. :)

[jess-faraday.livejournal.com]

HA!!!!!! Go Widget, go!

[string-on-desk.livejournal.com]

heh heh

I'll add that to my list of reasons why I want to have kids.

[siercia]

Well, remember that the same lack of filter can cause incidents like:

"Gee, mommy, why's that man a funny color?"
"Wow, mommy, that lady is FAT!"
"I don't like her, mommy! She's YUCKY!" ***
"Mommy, that's not a LADY!***

Items with *** have actually been uttered by Widget, at top volume.

[siercia]

You're on.

[siercia]

It was *awesome*

[string-on-desk.livejournal.com]

;) I'll add those to the list of reasons why I don't want kids ;)

Though it is funny from a non-parental perspective.

[siercia]

In retrospect, it's funny anyway. And so long as you just as audibly react negatively (or at least explaining) to your kid when they say something like that, most people don't get really offended.

[string-on-desk.livejournal.com]

That's good. They have to understand that it's just kids and they say what they see.

[melopoeia.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee!

[knitfit.livejournal.com]

She's so excellent! Score indeed!

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

IS THAT MAN SANTA CLAUS?

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

So how does Widget take these explainations?

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

WAs he parked over two spaces? Good thing he had his window open! That's great.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

HEY! You didn't tell me the fun part! No fair! :)

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

She's also busted out with,

"Is that a Man or a Woman, Daddy?" (said woman was a woman.)

[cranapril.livejournal.com]

Paul has been fascinated lately that his Aunt Kim is from Korea and is adopted... so walking downtown Manchester yesterday: "Is that guy a Chinese?"

[siercia]

Usually pretty well. If the question is something that needs to be answered, like why someone looks different or is wearing something or whatever, she's saying it because she's really curious. If it's an observation, like about someone being fat or short or whatever, she seems to understand that you're not supposed to say some thongs out loud, and she remembers the ones we've told her, but doesn't always have the judgement to know about new things. Most of the time, since I'm not yelling at her, she accepts it pretty well.

[siercia]

I didn't want to make a big deal of it in front of her, since, if nothing else, in polite society, she shouldn't be calling people out like that. And then I forgot. Sorry =)

[siercia]

Yeah, she's done that one to me, too.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

It's only fair, since enough people ask me about my son. *DUH* :)

[siercia]

Heh. You'd agree that most people are understanding when the little guy busts out with something wholly inappropriate?

[siercia]

Heeheehee.

(She's also decided that I do, in fact, need to knit her a matching Flower Basket shawl.)

[siercia]

Hooray! Glad I could amuse.

You should come over soon, get some quality Widget time =) When are you free?

[siercia]

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I'd forgotten about that one.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I figured as much, but I'm always curious at how they process things.

So what are your rules of thumb for what sorts of observations are ok/not okay to make aloud? (heck, some undersocialized folks I know could learn a thing or two ;)

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Ha!

So how do you handle "is that a man or woman?"

[bookwitch.livejournal.com]

Yay kids and ice cream. I have a picture of Punkin somewhere around here COVERED in chocolate. Face, hands, tank, shorts, legs....heh, you get the picture.

Yay for Widget! I still laugh when Frank tells me about the woman who got embarrassed and LEFT when my then-newly-2-yr-old called out a woman on her idiocy.

To quote a friend of mine, you've just been called out by a toddler. How's that make you feel? Hehehe.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

I just tell her it's a man or a woman, and that you can't decide what gender someone is based on how they look all the time.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

What a great answer.

[siercia]

We've actually got some down time on Friday - we have knitting until 2, then don't need to be anywhere until 5ish for game night at D & K's. We could come over and hang out if you wanted.

[siercia]

Generally, if it's an observation that could hurt someone's feelings, she should keep it to herself. If it's an honest curiousity thing, I generally tell her to ask me first, quietly, and I'll tell her if she can ask the person, or answer it myself if I know the answer.

[siercia]

Ow ow ow. I hope it turns out to be minor. Well, if you end up at loose ends, call me on my cell.