Swearing wasn’t in the list and probably the toughest one for me. I had forgotten about it. I’m Italian and for the me the F word isn’t a word… Its a comma.
One time my sister asked me what I was going to do when the kid was out of control and not listening. I told her that I was going to tell him to “Dummy up and clean the shit of your ears!” She spit coke half way across the room laughing. She knew I wouldn’t say that but it was something my dad would say when we were teenagers.
We don’t actually every really hit the town these days. I am in my 40s (yes and I have a video game habit) and rarely watch TV. I would rather play video games. There is some really good TV out there but I need to limit myself and what the kids are watching.
Basically I am developing some “home hobbies” that will keep me around and hopefully these things will rub off on the kid. My dad had really good hand skill and I remember watching him in his studio and doing large stain glass pieces. That I have carried with me and hopefully I can get him interested in something by him watching me wood work. Also I plan on learning the bass guitar in hopes he will want to learn something musical as well.
And when gets older… The gift of surfing…
Honestly though I will probably have to sneak soda the same way my dad did pot for years! 😛
Thanks for the well wishes… and advice…
P.S. Should have mentioned though we are foodies and that is going to be a tough thing to miss out on.
CE
