Earlier this afternoon while I was prepping dinner, I decided to finish watching the rest of last weeks episode of Hell's Kitchen. Kyle had taken his car out for a wash, Kian was napping and Jackson was playing basketball in the garage. Jack came in at one point and asked to air up the ball. Unfortunately the air pump outsmarted me, so I asked Jack to wait on Kyle. We agreed that he should gather all of the balls that needed to be refilled to make the most of it. He was in and out of the living room, game room, kitchen and garage. I suppose I noticed that he was watching the TV off and on, but didn't think much of it. Kyle joined us a few minutes later and sat down to watch the show while pumping up the various balls. At this point, I noticed Jackson laying down on the floor watching the show. He had asked Kyle to go out and play with him and Kyle said that he'd go as soon as the show was over. During the highlights for next week's show, one of the contestants made the comment, "I'll kick her ass". I grabbed the remote and turned the show off. This conversation immediately followed:
Me: I'm sorry Jack, I should have turned this show off earlier. I didn't mean for you to hear that bad word.
Jack: What bad word?
Me: Never mind.
Jack: What? Ass?
Me: Yeah, buddy. That's the one.
Jack: It's OK Mommy, everybody's been saying ass the whole time.
Me: Please don't repeat that word outside of this conversation.
Jack: OK Mom.
I sometimes forget that he's just a little kid and I should shelter him. That taught me that even though the show is on DVR, it airs late at night for a reason. I know he'll use that word eventually, I just didn't want to be the one to introduce it to his vocabulary.
until next time....lc
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