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Remember "Shaddap Your Face"? The song from the early 80's? Well, I was singing the chorus to Miss E when I couldn't get her to stop crying yesterday ("Whatsa Matta You? Hey! Whatta you tink you do? Hey! You gotta no respect? Hey! Why you looka so sad? Itsa not so bad...Itsa nice-a place, Ah Shaddap you face!") and the kids overheard me and picked up on it. Hey! Mom said Shaddap!!!
Of course, they have memories like steel traps when it comes to this kind of stuff. I heard Lovey singing it a little later on. I explained to them that it is kind of a rude song... (We don't say "Shut Up" in our home.) but the damage had been done. Ok Momma- recite this one..."Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth..." (Ephesians 4:29) Because if you do, the kids will hear it and repeat it at the most embarrassing moment possible.
I think the best course of action at this point is to let it go... Making a bigger deal of it with these two is just going to make it worse. Ugh. Afterall, I was the one who started it.
When M and I tried to explain the Italian accent thing- my dad is 100% Italian- and he doesn't talk like that, they didn't get it... All they cared about was Mom said Shaddap!!! Ugh.
So, I spent my free time this morning looking up all of the lyrics and reading a bunch of trivia on the song and its writer. There went 45 minutes... And I can't get the song out of my head. Lovely.
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