Time: A few weeks ago.
Ava: (With hand on hip.) "Ugh, Mom THAT is soooo like OVER." she said referring to her sister's toy blocks when I suggested she pick them up and build a castle.
Me: Hmmm...so like over. "Ava, Did your zip code change to 90201?"
Ava: "Huh? No, mom it is 46....." (My five year old can be quite literal, it is sometimes endearing even in the throws of hip swinging and improper English.)
Me in mental note to self: "That Hannah Montana and all those other crappy teeny bopper shows are sooooo like outtta here." Fur sure.
And that is how Elmo got promoted. Or perhaps he got resurrected from the ever mounting dvd collection collecting dust in our tv cabinet. That...and Liv has suddenly realized that Elmo = baby crack. Gotta have it, will beg whine and steal to get it.There was no official indoctrination with pinky swear or small blood draw stating that Hannah Montana is officially out (so like, over) at our house. There was not even a 20 minute soliloquy that mama so loves to procure expounding on the evils done to society when 5 year olds act and talk like 16 year old valley girls who drive little red Audi's of their own. No, that would invoke a little too much 5 1/2 year old drama. And like the chick from the Black Eyed Peas states, "You don't want no drama." No, mama don't want no drama.
Hannah's exodus was quiet and without fanfare. She left the building and playroom twirling in her too short pleated skirt complete with 1980's footless tights that my daughter will not be getting for Christmas. Elmo and all his talk of being a good friend, proper hand washing techniques, and all the animals in the world that make him happy have swooped in at 5:15 pm each day. Two little girls who simply will not grow up too fast watch happily while using wooden blocks to build castles. The truth of the matter is that the newly imposed "No, Hannah" rule was in fact a little dicey the first few days...but then like all bad habits we simply supplemented with another bad habit and all was fine back at the ranch in no time at all.
I, in turn can make a dinner in peace. I am also rewarded with a soon to be 6 year old who speaks like a soon to be 6 year old.
Elmo rocks our house.
2 comments:
I so agree. I so am tired of the teen talk Glenys learns at school from a friend who has a pre-teen brother. We don't even have TV other than videos and she still picks up the talk. Keep the girls their rightful age let them truly enjoy childhood.
Beverly
Hi hip mamma,
Hopefully none of your readers will come back to this post and read this, but I just had to tell you couple of things. First 90210 (right?)- I'm sure that was a typo. Second, I teach middle school and it's "fo sho." ;)
I love your blog and I wish I taught Ava because she is adorable and because I would be getting one of those pretty purses.
Oh yeah, so you know who I am. . . We met in China when you were adopting Olivia and we were adopting our Ava. Stephanie introduced us.
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