Knuckles
Okay, so I’m not going to stop blogging. April Fools! (He says as he giggles like a school girl)
Let’s see… Where were we? Oh, yes, Swee’Pea and TheMonk! Okay, here’s another story…
It seems, when it comes to being a daddy, I am old school. Now, I imagine that in the coming years the generational gap will prove to be wide and treacherous but up until now I have been blissfully living the hip dad life. My kids think I’m cool. We do cool stuff. When my kids do cool stuff we give each other a high five. Little ones giving their daddy’s a high five – is there anything more cool than that?
I didn’t think so either until a young lady we know asked TheMonk to bump knuckles – a fist bump. He had no idea what she meant. And I felt like a failure. How could I not teach my kids the fist bump?! I grew up in the Bay Area when the Oakland A’s were bashing home runs while injecting huge amounts steroids. There was fist bumping going on all around me and it never occured to me to teach my children… knuckles.
But I have corrected this oversight. And, believe me, few things are cuter than saying to your son or daughter… “Knuckles?” And seeing a huge smile attached to a little fist.
*bump*
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Even more important, teach them the nod-and-go-along-with-it-without-admitting-that-you-don’t-know…
“Knuckles? Um… why, SURE!”
Comment by Doodaddy — April 4, 2007 @ 1:02 am
Corey did the high five and the knuckle bump (which we called ‘pounding it out’) as well. Our big problem came when my mom was here and tried to get into the spirit of it.
First she high fived and then we taught the knuckle bump. She was unfamiliar with the concept. “Is this was they called fisting?” she asked.
Ummm, no.
Comment by Hygiene Dad — April 4, 2007 @ 2:53 am
Ewww! That’s next on my list. I’ve got the high-five, the Boo-yah, and “We Need More Cowbell!” down but I need to add the fist bump.
Good on ya!
Comment by L.A. Daddy — April 4, 2007 @ 9:09 pm
The high five has been a long standing thing in our family. Though we taught both kids early on the knuckle bump though we said it was “love.” This was before either of them could speak and was something we did all the time, it was kiss, hug, and “love.” It has become our little “thing” we do.
Comment by Margaret — April 9, 2007 @ 12:39 pm