Stupid Romans
My almost five years-old son just called me into his sister's room, where he is drawing pictures on a tablet. I heard him in there muttering about something, but considering the kid is talking all the time, and I do mean ALL THE TIME, I figured it was nothing I needed to monitor.
"Mommy! Come see my picture." I stick my head in the door and he motions me into the room.
"Hey, what are you drawing there?" I can tell it's something special, but his art veers sharply to the abstract, and I don't want to assume anything.
"I'm drawing a Pegasus. Stupid Romans."
"Oh, nice! But, what's this about the Romans?"
"They got all mixed up. Pegasus starts with P, you know, P. Stupid Romans."
"Yeah, you're right, Pegasus does start with P. But the Romans..."
"Horse doesn't start with P. Obviously. Stupid..."
"Well, it's called a Pegasus, not a horse, because it has wings."
"Duh, mom. It should be a pig, you know, Pig-A-Suss, a pig with wings, not some horse. The Romans got it wrong. It's not a horse-ses-suss. Stupid Romans."
"Okay, well, I'll explain it to you some other time, but you can draw a Pigasus if you would like. And stop calling the Romans stupid. That's rude, and I don't like that word."
"Okay, mommy."
As I walked out of the room, I heard him mutter under his breath: "Ignorant Romans."
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I love him! Don't ever let him and my kids get together, they will give each other way too many ideas.
Mine are a walking thesaurus. "Dad said I shouldn't say Penis. Hmmm..."
Posted by: ben | August 18, 2005 9:26 AM
Excellent vocabulary for a five year old! Well done!
Posted by: EverydaySuperGoddess | August 18, 2005 10:33 AM
That is so adorable! I agree with your son on the whole Pigasus vs. Horseasus arguement, by the way.
Posted by: Boozie | August 18, 2005 11:39 AM
That is the freaking cutest story ever. Kid is BRILLIANT!
Posted by: AMG | August 18, 2005 12:05 PM
That kid is so brilliant, I simply want to eat his face off. With fries. And a milkshake. GAH, what I wouldn't give for a milkshake. MMMMMM.... milkshake.
Sorry, this is about you. And your cute kid.
Uh, CUTE! BRILLIANT! LOVE HIM!
That is all.
Posted by: Elaine | August 18, 2005 12:44 PM
Smart boy! Stupid Romans.
Posted by: HG | August 18, 2005 1:31 PM
Can't wait to meet him!!
When we told Nate he had to stop saying stupid he started saying stoopy. Then it was stoopy-poop, which was my original blog name. Today my two year old said, stew pit momo (stupid elmo)
Posted by: Jen | August 18, 2005 5:10 PM
Seriously, your kids just crack me up! Also? Your son is a linguistic prodigy.
Posted by: Sleepless Mama | August 18, 2005 7:05 PM
HA! I have beat it into my kids that we don't say stupid. When my daughter was 4, we were at a thing at my husband's fighter squadron. They were reading something about the French and the guys would all respond "Stupid F***ers!" Over and over. I was furious. Then my girl looks at me with horror on her face and exclaims, "Mommy! They said STUPID!"
Posted by: buffi | August 18, 2005 8:45 PM
That reminds me of when our first son started to recognize his grandfather and even say his name. Grandpa would pull up the driveway and my son would be waiting impatiently at the window. When he would see him he shout with excitement, "Bad Guy!" Unfortuntatley, he was just under 2 and to the untrained ear it would sound like an insult. He called him that for a long time before getting it right, but it was recieved with love each time.
Posted by: Jason Berggren | August 19, 2005 6:51 AM
Your child is so going to have a mensa worthy IQ.
I am frightened for you.
Posted by: Meghan | August 19, 2005 7:41 AM
That's truly classic. Ignorant Romans indeed.
Posted by: Chris | August 19, 2005 8:06 AM
I detect a future profressor of linguistics!
Posted by: Melanie Lynne Hauser | August 19, 2005 10:24 AM
Well, you didn't say "Don't say ignorant"
Funny. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: cassie-b | August 19, 2005 11:48 AM
That's great - I'm going to go around saying "Stupid Romans" all day now.
Posted by: Philip | August 19, 2005 1:04 PM
How funny! Ignorant is quite a big word.
Posted by: Jazzy | August 19, 2005 2:47 PM
That's one for his wedding! A classic if ever there was one.
Posted by: Carmi | August 19, 2005 5:11 PM
LOL - that was a funny story with an even funnier ending!! I will now think Pigasus forever when I hear anything about Pegasus.
Posted by: Holli | August 19, 2005 6:08 PM
Classic. He is very smart.
Posted by: Chrissy | August 19, 2005 6:20 PM
Brilliant child...cute as hell, too! I love that he's not afraid to question the status quo. Obviously somebody got it wrong all those years ago. Stupid Romans.
Posted by: Kris | August 20, 2005 8:35 PM
Well there IS a Pigasus, and it is NEVER too young to introduce your children to Abbie Hoffman. Time for a homeschool unit on the Yippies and the election of 1968.
Posted by: Deana | August 22, 2005 5:10 PM
That's hilarious! What a great story. He reminds me of my son a lot.
Posted by: Jordana | August 25, 2005 9:52 AM
You guys are the 28836 best, thanks so much for the help.
Posted by: Caty Tota | August 18, 2006 11:50 PM