We narrowly averted disaster yesterday.

It all started when my kids watched America’s Got Talent earlier in the week. There was a guy on the show who broke pencils and bent a fork with his butt. Here it is, if you didn’t see it:

The song they played (it’s not on the clip) to introduce the act was a little diddy from my high school years called Baby Got Back by Sir MixALot. Yes, a whole song devoted to a man and his love of the booty. My kids thought the guy on TV and the song were hilarious, so once we got home, they looked up the song on Yahoo music videos and have been watching it and learning the lyrics ever since.

Oh joy.

I haven’t heard the song in YEARS, but it was a favorite of mine when I was 15, which should have been an indication that it was naughty.

They only talk to her, because,
she looks like a total prostitute, ‘kay?

My homeboys tried to warn me
But with that butt you got makes me feel so horny

Great.

So ok, my kids are singing a naughty song they don’t understand, but I didn’t get to the near disaster yet. My 9 year old told her friend down the street about the song, and as she walked out the door to go to the friends house yesterday says, “Mommy, I wrote down the words to Baby Got Back for her!”

Cause that’s JUST what I need, an angry mom down here waving the Baby Got Back lyrics in my face that my 9 year old daughter provided HER 9 year old daughter with, right? I snatched those right up and gave my little spiel on why it’s probably not a good idea to discuss the song, or it’s lyrics, or the video outside of our house.

This parenting stuff keeps me on my toes.

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