Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Cultural Commentary from Henry

1. Yesterday Lucy was excited to see some Barbie-esque dolls on TV. As she's oohing and aahing over them, Henry turned to me with his eyes rolled and said, "She's asking for dolls from High School Musical 3." This is especially funny since neither of my kids has seen or heard any part of the High School Musical series -- but it doesn't stop them from having opinions. When they are old enough you can be sure I'll watch the South Park version with them.

2. As he was getting dressed in the morning a commercial for Hotel for Dogs came on. He said, "Mom, I don't think Hotel for Dogs is appropriate. I think there is romance. (pause) Between humans!" So I said, when do you think it would be appropriate. He struggled for a moment before answering, "12."

3. He was pissed because his school had an assembly that featured Glenn Colton who he angrily described to Cary as a performer who plays "popular country, not real country" music. I'm also almost positive that Henry has never heard Hank Williams or Patsy Cline, but he's always had a very sensitive schlock meter.

5 comments:

Auntly H said...

Hilarious!
Reminds me of a conversation w/my dad at Christmas when he realized he'd instilled a hatred of the Celtics in me in high school. He was rather surprised, but realized that's exactly how loyalties get passed down. Maybe my family isn't so odd (in a good way) after all.

Anne said...

Crikey! How much do I love your son!!??!

ELK said...

perceptive little boy!

Jen14221 said...

Henry is NO DUMMY.

Anonymous said...

I'm with Jen on this one!!! Bu tyou can be sure that Henry has been plenty exposed to HSM at school with all of the merchandising and what not.....