You know the type. The kids are bugging each other, and every little thing they do seems to end in a verbal smackdown. We were in the car when I reached boiling point, and so I did what I always do, which is clearly ineffective, but I'm apparently powerless to change. I lectured them.
KathyB!: Wah, waah, wah, wah, wah, waaaah... I don't know why I even bother. I swear, it's like I'm talking to myself.
The kids made the appropriate contrite faces and then lapsed into silence. I briefly contemplated pulling over and running screaming into the woods, but abandoned that idea when I realized we were a good 5 miles from home. Instead, I flipped on the radio hoping to divert the seemingly inevitable return to bickerdom. I succeeded in distracting myself but apparently it didn't work for the kids because soon there was giggling in the back, and it wasn't the happy kind. It was the mischievous kind. And yes, there is a difference.
Visions of potty talk and inappropriate humor danced through my head, and I felt my irritation roar back like a freight train as I demanded to know what was going on back there.
KathyB!: Now what? Honestly, you guys don't start. It hasn't even been 5 minutes.
(more giggling except this time it's on the verge of hysterical)
KathyB!: What already?
Hannah: Promise you won't get mad?
KathyB!: (Silence)
Hannah: It's the song.
(now they're laughing like hyenas and I'm looking confused. It's Billy Idol for cryin' out loud, not Weird Al Yankovic)
Hannah: (suddenly breaks loudly into the chorus of the song)
We were listening to Dancing with Myself. They didn't get any of the other words but they were clear on changing the dancing to talking.
Seriously. It's like I was trapped in a tin can my minivan with The Three Stooges.
I rolled my eyes.
And then I laughed. Maybe I should make that my theme song?
Here's a little Billy Idol video refresher if you don't remember the song
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Sometimes you just have to laugh!
Billy Idol? Awesome! Your girls are too clever!
Oh! I know those days all to well. I agree there id a difference in happy and mischevious laughter. Oh you said it so well!
...wow, we started off our day w/ a lecture from mom a.k.a. me too...and why is it when I start lecturing my kids get this glazed over look on their face?? Someone's gotta rethink this tactic---
That song, and your kids--priceless... They are some funny girls.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. No one was laughing at Billy Idol back in the day... ;)
What an amazing sense of humor your kids have! They definitely take after their wonderful mom! (And thanks for the flashback!)
Hahaha! I love your girls!
Wow. You listen to rockin' radio! Now about those kids.....
Wow, I haven't seen a Billy Idol video since 1989! Can't believe I used to think he was so hot...
Can't believe he is still on the radio, either. We'd never be able to hear him on any of our stations around here.
Wow, I never would have made that connection! Your girls are geniuses.
Well "Rock My Cradle Of Love!"
Timing is everything... lol. And I have said 'I feel like I'm talking to myself a gajillion times.'
Luckily not when that song was playing :) lol
Its great when they have you on the verge of wanting to pound them and then they give you a reason to laugh...little stinkers
Oh, that's hysterical! And you gotta love kids with a sense of humor. (Even when sometimes it makes ya wanna kill 'em.)
The Good Cook and Michelle:
You just need to find the oldies stations :) He plays on there quite a bit!
i remember that song like it was yesterday, too bad it was popular 20 years ago
Very funny. Great to hear they have a good sense of humour...
You can't just be pulling over on the side of the road and leavin your girls behind - that gets you probation nowadays.
And, ahem, what the hell is he wearing?!
Your girls have a great sense of humor. It will serve them and you well in the future!
Please, stay out of the woods. You'd starve. At least they have a sense of humor. You've raised them well!
Which station are you listening to, girl? I don't get these songs around here. And your girls are hilarious!
Oh, that is just way too funny...now I'm going to be singing that song (hopefully in my head) replacing 'dancing' with 'talking'... ;) Your girls are way too brilliant! ;)
HAHA...your kids are sassy and bright. Perfect addition to your family.
I think it's hilarious to hear what my kids think the words to songs are. The things they come up with!!
Thanks for the Billy Idol! I needed that.
And those girls of yours, they're too bright for their own good.
Thanks for the Billy Idol! I needed that.
And those girls of yours, they're too bright for their own good.
Kids are something else! I think sometimes I'm going to lose what little sanity I have left.
Hope you enjoy a great weekend.
-FringeGirl
Now really, changing the words of a classic song.. that's just inappropriate.
If I ever (god forbid) have kids, I think you'll have to give me lessons on determining regular laughter from mischievous laughter. Seems like something every parent should know.
Oh, that's funny. I hate days like that, (and they come around way too often!) but leave it to a kid (or three) to immediately find the humor in it!
very funny. I love billy Idol. Guess what! I am posting this comment from our Wii, cool huh!
You WERE having a bad day. ; ) That would've totally cracked me up too! Glad you were able to get a laugh out of it. Kids!!
haha it is hilarious when you get so mad at them and then they say something and you just have to laugh. oh it happens all the time!!
Oh Mylanta! I've been here three years longer than you, and I have NO idea where the oldie stations are! You're going to have to share this info. This just cracks me up, makes me want to find my big permed 80's hair, too much eye liner, and spandex! Okay, I'll, at least, leave the spandex. Spandex and leg/butt cellulite doesn't mix, or so I've heard. ;-) Everybody have fun tonight....everybody wang chung tonight! LOL!
Billy Idol Rocks! Always has and always will! :D
At least Billy was wholesome!
I love it when my kids are clever (Ok, smart-asses) and I want to reprimand but I laugh anyway. My friends say this is how they know the girls are mine. I think yours just might be yours...
I thought I was the only one that wanted to run screaming into the woods? :)
And yes...dancing/talking to myself...is classic.
Funny.
I kept the song on while I parused some blogs :)
Kids can be a lot of fun. And I really enjoyed listening to Billy this morning.
your kids are awesome.
Love the running into the woods line! I find that on days like that, when they're on a roll, they're on a roll. The bad behavior seems to turn into slap happy behavior. You have to join in or simply go crazy!
What is it about kids and cars? Within thirty seconds of getting in the car, my kids who might have been getting along well for hours, will be practically at each other's throats. Is it the close quarters; do they feel trapped? We all know how a cornered animal behaves....
By the way Billy Idol is THE MAN! I'll be singing that song for the rest of the day now. Memories.....
Lol!
That radio works great for drowning out the bickering!
Billy! You should do a cover of the song.
Well at least you were able to lighten their bickering moods a bit! I guess I'd rather my kids laugh together AT me, then fight at each other. Too funny!
Look at their great imaginations : ) LOVE IT! I don't remember this song. Does that mean I am younger than you? Or does it just mean I came from a very sheltered home and my parents didn't let me listen to this singer : ) Let's hope it is number one!
You've got the makings of a very funny sitcom right in your own van!
I'm *still* singing this song...
Thanks, KB!
That song never gets old! They do give themselves away with "that" kind of giggling.
Your daughters crack me up. :) Seriously! I don't "know" your husband like I "know" you, but I'd say the apple definitely doesn't fall far from the (mommy) tree. So fun.
~Keri
OK, now I'll have that song in my head all day... But your daughter's version, which in my opinion is SO much better. They have a great sense of humor. It sounds like something my boys would do.
LOL That was BRILLIANT!!! LOL
Amazing how quickly we turn into our mothers, isn't it? I always get on the boys for repeating themselves, then I find myself yelling, "Boys, boys, boys" like my own little chant over and over again, getting louder with each one. If I had pompoms, I could get into a rythym with it and it could be the family cheer.
LOL! Bella is already acting up and she's only FIVE!!!
I used to love Billy Idol. So Cute! The king of the '80s for me.
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