We don't say...

I've got trouble on my hands. How is it that some kids can make disobedience look so cute, and others are just disobedient? Ali has the gift of cute disobedience. If you've spent a good amount of time with her, you understand what I'm talking about. Any time I catch her doing something out of line, it's quickly followed with, "I'm so sorry mommy, I love you!" And then of course she nails me with some sort of lovable physical affection. She has the gift! I can just picture her, years down the road, using her cute little personality to win over people and get her way. Perhaps she has a future in sales.

Lately she's gotten quite creative. As my kids get older and are exposed to more people and more language, they're acquiring words I'd rather they didn't have. This week, it's "stupid". That word can be pretty harmless in the mouth of an adult, but when armed by a 3 or 5 year old, you're asking for trouble. It's an easy weapon to use when you're battling your stubborn sister. So we've made it very clear that the girls are not allowed to use that word. But leave it to Ali to find a way to STILL say it several times a day. It's called "The Stupid Song" and it goes a little something like this..

"We don't say stupid, we don't say stupid.. stupid stupid stupid.. we don't say stupid!"

How can I argue with that!!?? What she's saying is correct, but yet she has found a way to say the very word she's not supposed to say, while repeating the words her mother has said, and all while being ridiculously cute! I'm in trouble.