The start of a new chapter

So I ended my last blog, Smurfet & Company, with mixed emotions. I loved having a place to call my own where I could post pictures of my children, update my family and friends on our latest adventure, vent about the challenges of being a stay at home mom, and brag (or sometimes complain) about my husband. I closed that blogging chapter of my life not because I wanted to, because at the time I felt like I had to, for my own privacy. But now, six months later, I'm ready to share my life on the internet again! I regret letting so much time pass without documenting it.

So here we go!

I admit to allowing the boys to occasionally listen to or watch inappropriate material on our Ipods and TV. And when I say inappropriate I don't mean what you're thinking! I mean they don't even really know or understand what they're hearing. They don't know when someone says a bad word unless we point it out to them by saying, "Don't ever say that!" So yesterday Parker came to me tattling on Jake saying he was taking too long changing his Mii (that's what they do now, rather than playing the actual games on the Wii, they edit and create new characters with hilarious features, but I digress), he complained to me and then said, "what a jerk!" I then proceeded to gasp and say "NO SIR!" He burst into tears and ran upstairs to hide.
I had to stop laughing before going up to talk to him about it. Once I pulled myself together I asked him where he had heard that and he told me Cars 2. So I scolded my child for repeating something he heard on a Disney movie?? When did Disney become "inappropriate"? My point is they don't even know what a jerk is. So how can I feel guilty or not allow them to watch a Disney movie? At what age do you just explain to them that there are some things they may hear that they are not allowed to repeat? Most of what's on TV right now is either too "babyish" for them, or seriously too inappropriate with shooting or monsters or kissing or midriff showing girls....
And that's my rant for the day.