"daddy say dat word"

ben is of course a human tape recorder right now so he repeats everything he hears. which is funny and cute sometimes and not so great at others. for example when he started saying the word "stupid." luckily it is not the worst word in the world for him to say, but also not the best. so i tried to explain to him that "stupid" is not a nice word and makes people feel sad. he concentrated really hard on what i had just told him. then he looked up at me and said, "but daddy says dat word." i had to choke down my laughter and explain to him that we needed to tell daddy not to say that word either. can you believe how fast he ratted out scott? a few days later we were driving in the car and scott said the word stupid. immediately after ben pipes up from the backseat, "daddy say dat word. don't say dat word daddy. sorry daddy." scott apologized and then we silently busted up in the back seat.