While driving in the car with my children, Nee and N, I broke into a rousing rendition of “99 Cups of Kool-Aid (sung to the tune of 99 Bottles of Beer).” Around the 96th cup, N joined in to form a gleeful duo. N and I were having a grand ole time, but Nee was not enjoying the singing as much as we were.
“Will you please stop?” She asked. “That’s so annoying.” Of course we did not stop; her annoyance only fueled our singing passion. At cup 83, Nee couldn’t take it anymore. She covered her ears and screamed, “I wish I had a normal brother and a cool dad!”
N and I stopped singing.
“You don’t think Daddy is cool?” I asked.
“Not when you’re being weird and singing strange songs,” she replied.
I turned to N and asked, “Do you think Daddy is cool?”
“Awesome!” He replied.
“Well at least someone thinks Daddy is cool,” I said.
“You’re okay,” Nee responded. “But if my friends were in the car and you started acting weird, I’d be so embarrassed and they would be my friends anymore.”
“Maybe that would say ‘I wish I had a cool dad like yours. You guys have so much fun in the car. My dad is so boring.’”
“Probably not,” she said. “They’d just think you were weird.” We drove in silence for a few more minutes until Nee had to give N a piece of her mind.
“N,” she said. “If you act weird like this in second grade no one will be your friend. Especially not the kids in public school (Note: My kids are currently enrolled in private school).”
“I’ll have a lot of friends,” N responded proudly. “Everybody wants to be my friend.”
“Maybe you have a lot of friends now, but second grade is different.”
“Don’t listen to her,” I said. “Just be yourself and you will have plenty of friends.”
“Not In second grade,” Nee insisted.
“When I was in second grade, I behaved the same way I do know and I had friends,” I said.
“N,” Nee said. “Who are you going to listen to – a person who is in second grade right now or a person who was in second grade a long, long time ago?”
Stay Strong,
Mocha Dad
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LMAO!!! My kid loves to sing to the radio in the car…she will often sing along. But, when Daddy starts signing, (usually at scream strength) she will yell out: “No Daddy, Dont Do That! No Daddy!”
The interaction between your kids is hilarious. I have heard those same things from my wife. Apparenly I am weird but I have plenty of friends too.
==“N,” Nee said. “Who are you going to listen to – a person who is in second grade right now or a person who was in second grade a long, long time ago?”==
The kid makes a good point…
I LOVE to sing in the car…I only do it when it’s me and the almost 2 year old though.
My two year old already shushes me when I sing, too. They grow up too fast!
Cute post!
Too funny. I guess my son’s in for big trouble when he gets a little older. I don’t sing in the car, but I do use my steering wheel for my awesome air drumming skills!
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I really enjoyed the kool-aid post, never stop being goofy with your kids!
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We were watching American Idol last week and singing along. The boy got tired of it and told me to “put a sock in it”. That only made me sing louder and longer. It annoyed him to no end. Moral? Never tell Dad to to put a sock in it.
your daughter cracks me up…but see, that’s how kids feel though. prob mostly girls about their fathers. but if you read my first fatherhood friday post you know that even though dads may seem embarrassing to us, they’re always there when we really need them. one day she’ll realize that and will think that hey, maybe my dad really is a cool cat.
So so so funny, old man!!! Nee does make a very strong point!!! She must have a lot of her mother’s personality! LOL!!! She sounds wonderful!!!!
You gotta love parenting.
Wherein you discovered that “current” 2nd graders are a whole lot more knowledgeable than their ancient parents. lol. Hilarity!
Haha very funny! Just found the blog, great site! Looking forward to reading more.
That is one strong willed little girl and smart too. We goof in the car too and none of them get embarrassed, we actually make their 7/8/9 year old girlfriends feel uncomfortable by always singing loudly and stuff. We do our thing no matter what, N is very mature for such a little kid–good role model is my guess.
I am never cool in my sons eyes. But know what?
He wants to be just like me, and that my friend, is totally cool!
I’m thinking she was just feeling crabby. I don’t want to believe that she’s had such a hard life after only three years in school!
Oh my! That is funny! I love kids’ perspective.
Greetings to an Ancient Second Graders. Personally, I channel a 5th grade boy in the humor dept. and I’m a MOM!
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Your kids are so entertaining. I wonder where they get it from-lol!
It’s good to know I’m not the only “wierd” dad out there! I can’t even count the times my wife has rolled her eyes at me while acting goofy with my daughter. I say keep on keeping on man!
a couple of weeks ago I was trying to get my son excited about eating tacos for the third day in a row, since I didn’t want to toss the taco meat. I started singing “it’s taco time” it’s taco time! and he deadpanned, “I’d like them a better” if you would stop singing. Ouch!
Ha ha awesome!! I remember my dad being so embarassing. But since I’m the oldest of 7, we both now get to embarass the younger ones. My 21 year old brother is still horrified to go out with both dad and me! Keep it up, its awesome! I’m just stopping by from UBP! So much fun, love the site!!
That is hilarious!! I think you sound super cool & when she is older, she will too. {maybe} My boys still think I’m a cool mom, but the oldest is only 7, so in a few years, I’m sure I’ll be boring too. Stopped by from the UBP, great blog!
Nee is awesome, but *you* are awesome-er. Keep on singing.