Don't you love how your children can embarrass you in public?
The other night we were at Wal-Mart grabbing a "few" things (which any of you know who shop at Wal-Mart when you say a few things it's always more than a few). We had one of those bus style shopping carts. So Ayva was standing up and just started singing over and over again, "Shake your bon bon, shake your bon bon, shake your bon bon." While singing this lovely song she was "shaking her bon bon." And of course we were passing by all these men and they would do one of those "double take" looks and then would snicker.
I do have to say, I am at fault with this one because, yes, I'm the one who taught her that.
One day there was music playing and she was dancing and of course she was shaking her bon bon so the first thing that came to my mind was that stupid song so to my regret I sang it and now she sings it.
I'm hoping some of you have been through something like this before.
So yesterday my friend Kelly called and invited us to the park down the street. She said that she was inviting others too from around the area. We have a big ward and I'm not one who puts myself out there, not very outgoing so I don't know too many people. So I thought this would be great and Ayva would have a good time playing with a bunch of kids.
Things were going great, Ayva was playing, Cheyenne was trying to eat the wood chips and I was meeting new people. After a while Ayva noticed that some of the kids arrived to the park on their bike and one in a car (a toddler size push car). Well Ayva is in this "everything I see is mine" phase so of course she wanted to ride them. I'm trying to teach her that everything is not hers. One of the moms was very nice and offered the bike so Ayva could ride it but I knew that if she got on it, she wouldn't want to get off. Not to mention from the beginning she was throwing a fit about it. So she continued throwing a tantrum and I told her that we were going home. She stopped crying turned around and started playing again. Not 5 or 10 minutes later she was flipping out again and this time she started screaming at the top of her lungs. I was mortified and shocked. She's never really done this in public, not to this extreme anyways.
I tried to calmly grab my kids and walk away. As I walked away I said good-bye and continued to the car with Ayva and her high pitch scream.
I think I've had my fill with embarrassing moments for the week.
On a positive note, Ayva's cute and funny moments out weigh these kind of moments so I am grateful for that! Actually a couple weeks ago I took them for a stroller ride and it was pretty hot out. I was talking to Ayva and I said, "It's pretty hot out here, huh?" Ayva responded, "No, it's bery butiful out here mama." I thought it was so funny she would say that, children certainly have a different perspective than us adults.
Please feel free to share any embarrassing moments you've had with your kids. I'd love to read them.
9 comments:
Oh, aren't kids great? I am just glad it's not just my kids!
I was very pregnant with one of my kids. We had been talking to his older brother about the new baby coming. I was at a grocery store pushing my cart down an aisle, when I noticed a man walking toward us. He was...huge! My toddler stood up in the cart, pointed at the man and yelled, "Mama! That man has a baby in his tummy! I thought only girls could have babies! Or is that just an ugly girl with a baby in her tummy!"
At least we can laugh at these things later! :)
What do you mean? The grocery store incident was cute and funny! Obviously, even the guys in the store thought so. Every mom has had the tantrum in public experience, so most moms are very understanding about that. As far as embarrassing moments go...Josh would hate it if I posted some that involved him!
Oh, we create these wonderful creatures, for us to be mortified by all the embarrassing things they do in front of strangers that reveal way too much about us! So I was out with Hannah one day when she was 2. A childless friend of ours had taught her to shake her backside and slap it at the same time. Hilarious in my living room, but kids don't know boundaries! So we were at the mall in a store and they had some good music. There goes my Hannah, out to the aisle of the store for all to see, and started shaking her moneymaker and slapping her backside. So embarrassing...yet funniest America's home videos at the same time. The sales girls got a good laugh. I was mortified..but I had to snicker too...she has good rhythm!
Umm, yeah, those aren't even close to being REALLY embarrassing! Everybody who has had kids has dealt with temper tantrums in public. At least you handled it calmly. . . I don't seem to be able to control my temper as easily. And I am guessing that Ayva (fireball that she is) will have many more things to say that will have you blushing a cherry red! So smile and enjoy the wild ride!
I have had way too many public tantrums. Probably b/c Brampton doesn't talk. I have just learned to not worry about what other people think.
Hey Lacey,
How is Josh doing? The Dodgers have won 12 of 13, BYU 59-0 over UCLA. That part of his life is sure on the upswing!
josh don't make your wife take the blame about teacheching her to shake her bon, bon! eberyone knows you did it!!! LOL JK
Jen
Funny Jenny - everyone knows I've never had much of a bon-bon to shake.
Old Man - ManRam may be a carpetbagger, but its been 20 years since the dodgers won a playoff series. We can worry about the ethics of Manny after the dodgers sweep the red sox in the world series.
Jeffrey - any chance you can get us tickets to the big game this year? Should be just as good as last time.
In a while you will laugh at thes embarrasing moments. When Makaela was little, don't remember how old. We were in Walmart also(Is that where all embarrasing moments happen?) Makaela saw a black man (we don't have many black people in Brigham City) She pointed at him and said very loudly "Mom that man is black!" Very emabrrasing!
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