Thing # 489 no one tells you about parenthood:

[carrie_leigh]

Your kids inherit your sense of humor. And smart mouth.

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(The family is in my dressing area, and I'm combing the boys hair for school. Ethan is waxing rhapsodic about what he wants to be for Halloween -This process starts in early summer at my house- to the point where Aaron and I are a little eye roll-y about it. Aaron makes eye contact with

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Motherhood/humor/mouthiness/safety patrol

[anonymous]

Isn't it fun!?

YOUR Mom

Re: Motherhood/humor/mouthiness/safety patrol

[carrie_leigh]

Pththththththththththth.

With love,

Your daughter

[maureen]

I love your kids. Probably not as much as you, but I love them. You are a good mom, too. I'd be trying to talk my kid into quitting the Safety Patrol! Reason number three hundred and ten why I don't have children.

[carrie_leigh]

Don't think I haven't thought about talking him out of that. And the honor choir, too. But he's more of a social creature than I am, so I try not to squash that. Besides, little (big?) AJ likes to stay home with me. I've still got one!

[maureen]

At least you are wise enough to squash those self-serving instincts. I think I could sometimes, but I don't trust myself enough to be able to do it long term.

Big kudos to you for allowing Ethan to grow into his 'social' instincts even if they aren't your own. See? Good mom.

[tracyj23]

Word. Had someone told me, I would have laid off the sarcasm. It is definitely coming back to bite me in the ass now!

And that conversation sounds almost exactly like one I had with my boys recently. Now they're going out for Halloween as Kirk and Spock - but Spock HAS to have the proper prosthetic ears. Oy!

[dragonsangel68]

Aaron so has his brother worked out *giggles*

[seegrim]

For cute.

Sorry about safety patrol. Ugh times ten.