This is a post about my daughters, who are 8 and 9....
Alyia brought home a book today called "Cities Of Blood" about the Aztecs. I asked her what the book was about and she said "I don't know I just liked the title," so I asked to see it while muttering sarcastically under my breath "I've done such a good job as a parent." Alyia immediately declared "You have!" to which I said, somewhat flaberggasted, "but you are reading books called 'Cities Of Blood!"
Sidney, somehow understanding what I was implying, chimed in and said "Daddy, it's in your blood not to raise us to like ponies, but to raise us to be like you." Alyia followed up by saying, "yeah, and I don't want to like ponies, I want to like things like "Cities of Blood.'"
I turned to Sidney and said, "what about you, do you want to like ponies?" To which she answered with certainty, "No. Ponies are creepy. Hopping about in their pretty little fields - that's spooky."
At this point I just kind of gave up and shook my head, realizing that I had indeed raised the children that I had always wanted, but when faced with the fact that they really had turned out like I always wished I was a little freaked out, thinking that maybe I had robbed some sort of Disney princess fantasy from them at too early an age...then I remembered something that Sidney had said this morning:
"Can you make me a mix cd with some Johnny Cash songs that I haven't heard, and maybe some Slayer?" I couldn't help but smile, realizing that my kids fucking rule.
Alyia brought home a book today called "Cities Of Blood" about the Aztecs. I asked her what the book was about and she said "I don't know I just liked the title," so I asked to see it while muttering sarcastically under my breath "I've done such a good job as a parent." Alyia immediately declared "You have!" to which I said, somewhat flaberggasted, "but you are reading books called 'Cities Of Blood!"
Sidney, somehow understanding what I was implying, chimed in and said "Daddy, it's in your blood not to raise us to like ponies, but to raise us to be like you." Alyia followed up by saying, "yeah, and I don't want to like ponies, I want to like things like "Cities of Blood.'"
I turned to Sidney and said, "what about you, do you want to like ponies?" To which she answered with certainty, "No. Ponies are creepy. Hopping about in their pretty little fields - that's spooky."
At this point I just kind of gave up and shook my head, realizing that I had indeed raised the children that I had always wanted, but when faced with the fact that they really had turned out like I always wished I was a little freaked out, thinking that maybe I had robbed some sort of Disney princess fantasy from them at too early an age...then I remembered something that Sidney had said this morning:
"Can you make me a mix cd with some Johnny Cash songs that I haven't heard, and maybe some Slayer?" I couldn't help but smile, realizing that my kids fucking rule.
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rustyoutlaw:
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hysterian:
Cute girls! Great story!