Another proud parenting moment.

Sophia loves the movie Tangled. We have probably seen this movie roughly seventy bazillion times. It is a great movie, and even though I have seen it so often, I haven't yet reached the point where the idea of watching it makes me cringe.

Ben, however, must have reached this point because he went out a few weeks ago and bought a couple of movies that had been on our family wish list for a while. 

One of his purchases was Monsters, Inc. Sophia promptly fell in love with this movie and now requests it instead of Tangled when we are sitting down to watch a show. On the plus side...it isn't Tangled. On the down side...by this time next month I will have watched it approximately three million times and may just be starting to cringe. 

If you are not familiar with Monsters, Inc., then you should really go watch it. It is a pretty cute little movie that has held up pretty well over the years. 

My proud parenting moment has nothing to do with Sophia (trust me, if you had parented this kid during these past two weeks you would see that neither of us had any moments to be proud of), nothing to do with Tangled, and actually has very little to do with Monsters, Inc. In fact, I didn't really need all that back story, but if I write a short post I will feel compelled to do some chores and I am trying to avoid having to get up out of my chair these days except in cases of extreme emergency...which usually is code for Elinore is again sitting on top of my bladder. 

There is a song played at the end of Monsters, Inc. during the credits called "If I didn't have you." It is a cute little song that my kids like to listen to. If you are unfamiliar with the song and want to give it a go, you can listen to it here. The chorus of the song goes like this "Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you." Catchy, right? 

Connor was singing this song tonight and here comes the much awaited for proud parenting moment......

Connor: "Wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have you!" Hey, wait a minute. Mom, do you know what is wrong with this song."

Me: "What?"

Connor: "He wouldn't have nothing?" That cancels each other out. It should totally say I would have nothing if I didn't have you. We should write them a letter."

Me: "You are so right. We should write them a letter."

I don't know if I am prouder that Connor has discovered the awful world of the double negative on his own or that his response to a perceived injustice is to write a letter. I think at this point it has to be the double negative thing. Although, if he had suggested a strongly worded letter, that would have taken the prize. 

I love that these incorrect phrases sound wrong to Connor's ears. If we've taught him nothing else, at least we have taught him that. Well that....and to write letters to people when they do something wrong. Strongly worded letters.