“Mummmmmmmeeeeee?”
Sigh. The whining in this house is off the charts.
“Julia, you’re whining. Try again.”
Pause.
“Mummy?”
Better.
“Yes?”
“I don’t want to watch this show. I want to watch Fairly Odd Parents.”
From where I was standing in the kitchen, I looked in to the den and saw Cesar Millan crouched in front of a gorgeous, burly German Sheppard, doing his magic dog thing.
I poured myself a coffee, my umpteenth cup of the day. “Why not? You watch Fairly Odd Parents all the time. This is a cool show. Watch how he interacts with those dogs, Julia. Cesar is the man.”
She scrunched up her face. “I didn’t pick this show. Daddy did. Daddy changed it to this because he said he was the pack leader. And then he got up and left! He’s not even watching it!” She threw her arms in the air, indicating the complete and absolute injustice of the situation.
I snorted, took a sip of coffee. “Daddy said he’s the pack leader?”
Julia nodded. “I don’t want to watch this show.”
I set my mug down on the counter. “Have you ever seen it?”
She shook her head.
“Well, why don’t you give it a try?” I said brightly.
She shook her head again.
“Why not?”
She sighed, shot me this look that said Jesus, Mum, when did you get so dumb? “Becaaaaause, it’s about whispering,” she said. “And everyone knows that whispering is boring.”
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Jeez, even *I* know that whispering is for suckers.
Say it loud or don’t say it at all, damnit.
December 14th, 2009
Haha!!
December 14th, 2009
If she lived in this house, I would then spend the rest of the day whispering to her. My kids, they love me.
And your husband sounds like mine. He comes in, whines about what I’m watching, grabs the remote, changes the channel, then leaves the room about 5 minutes later.
December 14th, 2009
Can’t argue with that logic!
As a kid I was transfixed by anything that had an animal on the screen and declared anything that DIDN’T to be boring. Why, I wondered, WHY would anyone read a book or watch a show that didn’t involve animals??
December 14th, 2009
I can so *totally* see Julia from your description. Like, c’mon, MuM, you are so 90’s Your descriptive writing is so beautiful. And your daughter just precious.
December 14th, 2009
So cute. She’ll learn soon enough that whispering can be fun. :)
December 14th, 2009
LOL!
December 14th, 2009
Hehe :)
December 14th, 2009
Whispering IS boring.
Odd Parents
Fairly Odd Parents…
December 14th, 2009
ok i am still wiping tears from my eyes.
i totally told her that i was the pack leader and this is what i wanted to watch.
December 14th, 2009
I’m constantly admonished to use my inside voice. I’m deaf (eye roll) doesn’t bug me.
Whispering doesn’t work with someone who can read lips. But it does irritate the hell out of someone who can’t (winks) which is what I do when I can’t use my outside voice.
And yes Cesar Milan is cool, but admittedly it almost seems as if it’s the same scenerio over and over. He whispers, dog behaves and *gasp* dog owners are shocked, awed and surprised.
Now on the subject of pack leader, umm, I would change the channel for her just because he said that. Nope I don’t play nice *chucklng*. Why yes, I do sound a bit like a spoiled child today. (Hugs)Indigo
December 15th, 2009
Huh, I use the pack leader line quite a bit around here. You mean I shouldn’t?
December 15th, 2009
I’m totally stealing that pack leader schtick so I can get control of the remote for once.
December 15th, 2009
Indeed. I think this memo got around to my kids, too.
:)
December 17th, 2009
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