Didn't have the heart to tell him about Virginia's constitutional amendment
Yesterday, Angry Boy and I were playing with his Easter fingerpuppets (some cute little bunnies, chicks, rabbits, etc.). Toward the end of the day, he narrowed his interest down to two in particular: a bunny with a yellow sun hat and a pink dress, and a sheep with flowers in her hair and a yellow dress.
AB: They're getting married.
APL: How nice.
AB: Sheep is a mommy, and bunny is a mommy, too. They're two mommies, and they're getting married.
AB: They're getting married.
APL: How nice.
AB: Sheep is a mommy, and bunny is a mommy, too. They're two mommies, and they're getting married.
posted by Angry Pregnant Lawyer at 11:12 PM
16 Comments:
Aw! DQ just recently figured out the two mommies thing. She's got a "husband" at school but she kisses her "girlfriend". Time flies.
I totally heart-ed AB in the first place, and then heart-ed him even more when I got to meet him last summer. But now, I am positively overflowing with hearted-ness for him.
May such sweetness eventually work its way into public policy in these here parts....
Amen.
The thing is, when kids observe behaviors - whatever they are - without our own baggage, they make honest, unfiltered comments. It kind of makes you realize how silly the whole debate is when you hear kids talk about it. What makes it so different from anything else?
Could he be cuter? I submit that the answer is, "No."
I love how kids can say the sweetest and most innocent things.
What are you teaching that boy?!?
I'm sorry, APL, but this post offends my sensibilities. I can accept the two mommies thing, but sheep and bunnies should not be getting married.
"Virginia is for lovers." They intentionally omitted the word "interspecies" from the slogan.
This is absolutely precious...I love it!
I admit, too, that I laughed out loud as I read neel mehta's response ;)
A big laugh for Neel Mehta's comment.
AB is so sweet! I hate to think that one day our children will learn that mommies cannot marry because of stupid laws.
Bunnies and sheep! Cute!
heh heh
As for Virginia, sigh. My mother just moved there recently... I really really wish the legislators there would reconsider their mean-spirited conservative exclusionary positions on these things...
They could always move to Massachusetts....
I love how little kids just don't have the baggage.
My in-laws get weirded out when my son wears an old pink bib--wait until he starts wearing Miss M's aqua hand-me-down jacket!
At my son's daycare there is a two-mommy couple raising two boys, one of whom is in my son's class. Anne usually drops off Alex, but occasionally Beth does. When getting out of the car, I usually point to other kids/parents I recognize -- help my son get ready to go inside in a "oooh, Alex is here" kind of way.
One day I saw Beth. So I said, "Look, there's Alex's mommy." My son looked up at me seriously, and said "No, that Alex *Mama*. His other mommy."
He's *two.* Further proof kid's don't need things "explained" to them -- they just work it out.
* Names changed because if they wanted their lives on the web, they'd have blogs of their own! (smile)
Don't you wish everyone could see the world with the innocence and acceptance of our kids?
You know I totally love AB!
AWwww. So sweet.
My boy, MF, likes to make his rubber duckies 'kiss' in the tub, gender be d*mned. And he likes to parade around in my hat and scarves and shoes... Needless to say, he's a lot of fun.
:-)
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