Fire Truck! Or my entry into parenting swear words.

[Squirrell34]

I didn't expect this to happen this morning.

My son is 2.5 (3 in Nov).
Apparently this magical age is genetically hard-wired to be attracted to anything with big wheels, large engines, that make noise & go fast.  Our house has become a safe haven for anything truck, big rig, and train related.  Planes & boats -- not so much.

We have assembled a whole fleet of trains, and entire construction crew, and have the books and clothes to accessorize.  Meaning, if he brings a "train friend" in the car with him, he probably is wearing a train shirt, or also carrying a train book to read.  Same with dump trucks, cranes, etc.  This is not all my doing; relatives are enabling this addiction.

So this morning he wakes up, all excited to be in his fire truck pajamas.  And finds one of his many fire trucks in his room, and starts to play with them. 

I come in to get him for breakfast, and he says, "Look Mommy Look!  Fire Truck!  FIRE TRUCK!  FIRE TRUCK! TIRE F***!"  I say, "Oh dear".  Not due to the swearing, because that was unintentional.  But because it reinforced that I am truly in over my head with my 2.5YO son and his 6 week old younger sister.  I'm in a game of Parenting Survivor, and they will outplay, outwit, and most likely outlast me in every category.

[Jayme]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM

That's funny. My daughter - 2 1/2 (3 in August) was telling me what her two month old brother was doing in his carseat as we were driving to church the other day.  "Mommy, he's suckin his fum - he's f***in his sum!"  Too funny.  :)

[LoveMyDog]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 3:01 PM

Quick hide all the fire trucks,  trains only for the rest of the month!

[squeegeatc]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 3:17 PM

i grew up in the fire dept.  My dad was an operator from the time I can remember until he broke his shoulder 18 months ago.  Mom is the secretary, and has been since I was in middle school.  Brother was a volunteer.  I married a volunteer.  Gabby's Godfather is teh local Chief.  His wife is THEIR secretary.  I cook!  Yeah---We're stuck!!!

the point?? i've been around it forever!!  And MOST young, dumb, stupid volunteers are full of piss, vinegar, and gumption.  We call those "kids" Fire F****.  So tell your local fireman about it!!  They already know!!  In fact--I was talking to my mom this AM when I saw the FB update.  I said "oh mom--i have a friend with a 2.5 yo son.  He was talking about Fire trucks today"  She just started to LAUGH. 

[yellowroseslh]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 3:49 PM

HAHA that reminds me of the first time my oldest daughter said not so nice words.

When my daughter was young to save money on daycare and before she was in school, her grandmother and I worked at the same company, she on first shift me on second.

So everyday I would take my daughter with me to work and she would go home with grandma. Well one of the ladies who worked on days came into the breakroom (where the lockers where located) and was mad and cussing because of the boss. None of us thought anything about it, and she made the statement of that dirty S.O.B. blah blah.

The next day while driving to work a dog ran in front of my car and I hit the brakes, my daughter then looks at me and said "mom did you see that dirty son of a b***h".
I had to bite my tongue real hard not to say anything or to laugh, I just ignored it pretending she didn't say anything. She never repeated it, because I didn't make a big deal out of it.

When I got to work that day I told her grandmother AND Juanith (the lady who started it all) about what was said we then all had a laugh,
and Juanith watched what she said from that day on.

[crazyladyw8]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM

to Andyman he made everyones day!!!

[butterflymeme]

Mar. 25, 2010 at 9:12 PM

LOL to funny. When Mason started saying Fire Truck thats what he said everytime. Now its not so funny becuase his daddy does not watch what he says and Mason says that and the others in the right context and when he gets mad at something. Just like his dad, it is hard not to correct him when he says them but it is not good to let him say them either. One day hopefully he stops.

[Lb128f]

Mar. 26, 2010 at 5:27 PM

LOL!

[MunchiesMom324]

Mar. 26, 2010 at 6:51 PM

Gotta share mine... DS1 learned "s***" at an early age... usually uttered when he dropped something on the floor... but it was really funny when "fork" came out, well you know.  At the dinner table with my parents I gave him a spoon and he yelled at me "I dun wanna 'poon, I WANNA F***!!"  Nice.

DS2 learned the f bomb, and shared it with everyone at his 2nd birthday party.  See, he let go of his balloon and it got tangled in the ceiling fan and he looked up and said "F***".  I tried to recover that one by saying "Yes, honey, its STUCK"  So DS2 said "Yeah mama... boon stuck... f***".  Wow.