Those of you with school-age children will no doubt understand when I tell you that the Busy Kids are constantly butting into conversations that have nothing to do with them. Busy Girl is especially bad about it, and, my standard response to her when she does it, is, "If I am speaking to you, I will look at you and say your name when I'm doing it." She has obviously remembered this statement since, when it happened just now, she mockingly said the line along with me. It wasn't really as obnoxious as it seems in writing, it was humorous and the remainder of the conversation went like this
Busy Girl: "That gets so old when you say that!"
Me: "Oh, really, it does? That's funny, you know what else gets old?"
Busy Girl: "You?"
I was bested, I admit defeat. And, not that this is related, but she just now yelled from the shower (in between singing verses of "Mountain Dew"): "Mom? I want to be a mergers and acquisitions lawyer."
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Oh NO! She didn't!!! And she lived to tell about it??
Sounds like you have quite a ham on your hands.lol
Oh. My. Gawd.
I would have died laughing! She sounds like a handful!
(And, I think the butting in starts WELL before school age. My 3 yr old does it ALL the time! Maybe it's a girl thing??)
When kids are young the butting in thing knows no gender. They are equal offenders. But when they get older...it's a girl thing. I was the worst when I was young until I overheard a boy I had a HUGE crush on tell a friend he thought I was RUDE because I would never let him finish a sentence. Cured me. =O
oh no! Is this what is to come? Yikes and times three! God help me!
She wants to be a lawyer and she is only 11, OH No! You have to stop her, next she will want to become a politician!
What a hoot! Give the girl a cookie. Just remember- you must be SMART to be a Smarta**! She sounds like my kind of chick (in training). You are doing well Obi-Wan.
That is great. Kids, they sure know how to make parents feel loved ;)
Good luck with that one, dear. Mine sounded like a lawyer at 3 when she was arguing with me and her arguments were always far better than mine. It was so sad...
Lawyer today, something else tomorrow! At 11 my daughter wanted to be Ann of Green Gables and her speech was dripping with drama. It could be so much worse for the both of us, what if they wanted to be Hip Hop rappers or politicians!
BTW...the butting in never stops!
Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. See, it's a euphemism for "takeover artist." Every girl dreams of taking over.
The nuts do not fall to far from the tree (and be thankful therein *smile*).
NO SHE DOESNT!! Steer her away, its never too early! She wants to be a dentist where she can make lots of money, have Mondays off and the hygeinists do all of the work. Thats my fallback plan when I quit this lawyer gig!
What a witty girl. I'll bet she's a lot of fun...and perhaps just like her mom?
LOL! Kids are the best, aren't they? Especially when they're smart, witty & clever, and fun to be around.
Only I hate it when they manage to be funnier than me. :-)
She's obviously BusyMom2 in training... apprentice to the master!!
How in the world did you keep a straight face???
Well, she sounds perfectly normal.
Which is scary. ;)
-G
HA HA, maybe a Lawyer?
Oh wow I hope that it is only a girl thing! I dont think i could keep myself from laughing.
Cool! Cha-Ching!