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Proud parenting moment
We had some friends over to dinner for the first time last night. We've known them a few years and have kids the same age, but this is the first time we've gotten together outside of kids activities & parties.
Christopher must've felt VERY comfortable with our new guests, judging from his response to a joke from his buddy's father. Our child couldn't be bothered with a simple, "You're silly!" or even a smiling eye roll.
Nope. He rewarded the man with: "You're full of it."
Many thanks to our friends who handled the situation quite gracefully.
As for Christopher? Well, he certainly doesn't know what one might be full of, and didn't understand at first that it was a very rude thing to say, especially to, say, an adult one has just met, so I'm confident the offense was unintentional.
Knowing that didn't make the moment less awkward, but Christopher's apology did. Whew.
Follow-up note: though I protested at the time that Christopher most definitely had NOT caught the phrase from me, I found myself (laughingly) saying it to him this evening when he was being silly. I busted myself before Frank could say anything, but I still earned a smug smile. I hate it when that happens. :)
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I totally dread what is going to come out of Violet's mouth.