Oh snap!
As she passes her brother half of her hamburger, it drops on the table. "Oh snap!” she says. Now this word is not unfamiliar in our home and if you are not familiar with this slang term for shit...now you are. Our ten year old has used it on many occasions. I will also mention that we have no objections to our children using these words, in the right context and company. Better for them to know why people use these words and when and where they can use them, than to be told they are taboo.
Now if you have read my other blog you will know that we play Airsoft. Now the same girl that said, "Oh Snap" also came to me on our most recent camping trip and asked me how to use my Airsoft 45 handgun. Now she is only 4 1/2, so she is easily distracted and thinking she would see a butterfly and skip off, I didn't concern myself on why she wanted to see it now and not any other time she has seen it out or me using it. So, I showed her the gun pointing out the safety, the clip and slide, then how to hold the gun. With my assistance she held the gun and fired it. Reflecting now, I should have known there was an ulterior motive to her curiosity. She then turned, still holding the gun, and started to walk away. I stopped her, removing the gun from her hand while asking her, "Where are you going?" She said, "I'm going to shoot (insert brothers name)." Realizing at this moment that she had been watching our friends use her brother as a target as he ran spastically through an area of dense trees about 75 feet away. She just wanted to join in with the rest of the guys.
I love that I can post these moments so I can remember them for their future. I always enjoyed hearing stories about quirky things I did myself when I was a kid. I hope they will too.
Now for my son, who hates to read, came to me one day perplexed with his future job options. He had been trying to come up with a profession where he thought he wouldn’t have to read to do the job. He came up to me, after hours of contemplating, and asked, “Do I have to know how to read to pass out peanuts on an airplane?” Priceless…and of course I told him he will have to know how to read for any job and having a good education is the most important thing, but still priceless.
Now if you have read my other blog you will know that we play Airsoft. Now the same girl that said, "Oh Snap" also came to me on our most recent camping trip and asked me how to use my Airsoft 45 handgun. Now she is only 4 1/2, so she is easily distracted and thinking she would see a butterfly and skip off, I didn't concern myself on why she wanted to see it now and not any other time she has seen it out or me using it. So, I showed her the gun pointing out the safety, the clip and slide, then how to hold the gun. With my assistance she held the gun and fired it. Reflecting now, I should have known there was an ulterior motive to her curiosity. She then turned, still holding the gun, and started to walk away. I stopped her, removing the gun from her hand while asking her, "Where are you going?" She said, "I'm going to shoot (insert brothers name)." Realizing at this moment that she had been watching our friends use her brother as a target as he ran spastically through an area of dense trees about 75 feet away. She just wanted to join in with the rest of the guys.
I love that I can post these moments so I can remember them for their future. I always enjoyed hearing stories about quirky things I did myself when I was a kid. I hope they will too.
Now for my son, who hates to read, came to me one day perplexed with his future job options. He had been trying to come up with a profession where he thought he wouldn’t have to read to do the job. He came up to me, after hours of contemplating, and asked, “Do I have to know how to read to pass out peanuts on an airplane?” Priceless…and of course I told him he will have to know how to read for any job and having a good education is the most important thing, but still priceless.
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