Keeping up with the Simpsons

In the last year or so, Alex has acquired a few of the full season DVD's of The Simpsons. All three of the kids love it. Lauren, especially, wants to watch it all the time. Some people probably wouldn't approve of letting a 3-year-old watch The Simpsons, but I guess it's not a big deal for us. We are careful with what they watch on TV, making sure that it's nothing too scary and we try to limit the number of naked people that they see, but we do allow things like The Simpsons that may not always be completely appropriate. (Catherine LOVED James Bond movies when she was two years old. The more things that blew up, the harder she would laugh!) Every once in a while Bart will say something that makes me cringe and I try to sneak a look at the kids to see what their reaction will be. Usually, it seems to go right over their heads.

Have you ever seen the episode where Bart and Lisa are in Sunday School, and they are learning about Hell? Bart sees this as his chance to say "hell" without getting into trouble. After all, he learned all about hell in his Sunday School class! So as they are all driving home after church, Bart is sitting in the backseat, singing, "Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell..." until Marge yells, "Bart! Stop saying "hell," you're not in Sunday School anymore!" It's a funny episode.

Last night, Jason, Lauren and I were driving home from my Grandma's birthday party. (Alex & Catherine stayed with my Dad & Step-mom so they could go to a baseball game tonight.) So we're driving home, and out of nowhere, Lauren starts singing, "Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell..." Jason and I exchanged glances and tried to contain our laughter. We didn't say anything to her because we didn't really even want to acknowledge it and make her think that it was funny or naughty or anything. We just ignored her and she stopped after a few seconds. Kids are so funny. You just never know what they hear and what they understand. They're just little parrots.

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On a different, yet similar note, this morning I told Lauren to get dressed, and she responded with, "OK, whatever you say, Lady!" She is somethin' else.