Mindless Mom

My 5yr old daughter dramatically called me over and told me that she “had a secret to tell me.”  And she had to be quiet about it because it was a “baaaaaaaad thing” she had to share.  She could only tell me……and then her sister five seconds after me.  And then her dad…..and then her brother…….

I guess I get points for being told first?

She motioned towards me to bend down so that my ear was level with her mouth.  She cupped her hands like a little cartoon character and then whispered into my ear.  All I felt was a lot of warm air.  All I heard was a lot of warm air.  It sounded a lot like the teacher from Charlie Brown.  You know the one, “WUH, WUH, WUH, WUH……..WUH, WUH, WUH.”

I had to ask for clarification of the top secret information of which I was being entrusted.

She lifted herself up onto her tiptoes and practically fell onto me as she clearly whispered, “Today, Ben told me ‘duh’.”  Then she stepped back for dramatic effect, raised her eyebrows higher than her forehead would allow, put her hands on her hips, and gave me her best “Can you believe it?” look I have ever seen.

I physically had to contain my laughter.  My shoulders may have let me down.  But I quickly put on my I-am-so-disappointed-in-the-world face and said, “Why did he say that word to you?”

She stood there, totally exasperated by the entire situation and said with dramatic effect, “Well mom, I told him that it was snack time.  And then he looked at me and said, ‘duh’.”

I didn’t even get a word out before she added, “Can you believe it?”. 

Needless to say, I had read her face right the first time around.

I kept a straight face while I told her that sometimes kids can be silly and that Ben probably hears that word a lot and was just kidding around.

To which she responded, “No duh, mom”, with a flashy smile.

It was then my turn to raise my eyebrows higher than my forehead would allow and then release all the laughter I had been holding in.

Why?  Because that secret was funny, duh!