The story of the redneck gene is a long one and includes various tales involving my brother's and their ability to be dangerous and disgusting. The redneck gene doesn't skip generations and is willed by nature rather than nurture. The redneck gene lives on in George. I know because he peed in my shoe today and I didn't discover it until I put my shoe on as I was rushing out to a dinner party tonight.
It is kind of funny but mostly disgusting and quite maddening when you learn that this isn't an isolated incident. Yesterday George showed his friend how to melt snow by peeing on it. Thursday he peed in Charlie's little toy wagon and Tuesday and Wednesday he peed on the garage stairs.
My dad and grandpa always used to say, "You can't beat out of them what's bred into them" and though I have always really disliked that old hick saying and would never beat my child, I now see the truth it tells. The redneck gene is getting the best of me and I don't know how to make this "peeing in inappropriate places" behavior stop. I have tried getting really mad and putting him in his room. I have tried not making it a big deal. I have tried talking to him about germs (he knows that germs can make you sick and doesn't like germs so I thought this would work). Obviously nothing is working.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
the red neck gene...
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That is so funny! (but terrible) It really must be a Hall thing. My Dad took the younger kids to see the "this is the spot" monument and David (at about 5yrs old) peed on it before anyone could stop him.
That is hilarious! Mainly because it is not by kid. Good luck with that.
Oh....Amy I am sorry. It sounds like that is just something he will have to grow out of. My good friend has three boys who all share a room. She has been going mad lately trying to figure out why their room smelled faintly of urine. She finally caught her youngest, who is 4, peeing under his bed. He confessed that he had been doing it every morning when he woke up. He didn't have any clue that there was something wrong with it, especially since it just "disappeared" into the carpet every time.
Awe. Yes. The Redneck Gene. I am very familiar with it. However, I don't think the redneck gene causes peeing in shoes. I think that is what happens when Paul's sense of humor meets your love for shock humor.
GO GEORGE!
I can SO relate! I think these crazy obsessions/curiosities just come with having a toddler boy. My solution these days is to just laugh. Boys will be boys.
Yikes! I have to admit, when I first started readig this post I thought, "She can't have that big of a red neck on her hands. I mean, I have four brothers and two of them were raised, for the most part, in the south. I thought I knew red neck." You win. You grossed me out. Send him out here. Tennessee is red, but Mississippi and Arkansas are crimson they are so red. He'll fit right in.
This totally cracked me up...And, no, I'm not prego, just an excuse I've used in the past...
Love that boy. Love it even more that he did it when I wasn't around.
Ami, I have been off the computer for awhile and I am catching up recently the bike story can't stop laughing partially because you should see me on a bike my kids find great humor in tormenting me while we ride I have issues when people are to close
Talking food wow lunch time could not be better
Red neck gene or boy gene that is the question?
:), that is funny....I guess more for me than you! I haven't experienced anything like that(yet!).
this post was hilarious...and maybe a little disturbing.
Oh that is so gross! I would have been fuming mad about the pee in the shoe! Like, really fuming! Probably would have turned bright red while I yelled and started sweating! I am so sorry that this is an ongoing problem and I wish you the best of luck!
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