He did WHAT?!!!

I'm still trying to decide if I should label today's experience with Logen humorous, upsetting, or sad. I think I'll have to go with all three...if that's possible. Let me explain... I guess it was humorous because it's true, "boys will be boys", but it's upsetting because it proves how wicked this world is. And sad because my little boy is growing up and losing his innocence...thanks to some foreigner whose parents don't give a crap about teaching their kids a little respect! Anyway, on with the story. I was on the computer today, listening to the kids play outside. I heard some yelling and seconds later Jessi comes running in all upset and asked me what "flipping the bird" is. Uhhh... why in the world would she want to know that?! I told her that it's a swear word in sign language and she doesn't need to know what it looks like. Then she held her finger up and asked, "is it this?"! I said, "yeah, who did that?!!" "Logen just did it to the neighbor girl (name withheld)", she said. I honestly could not hold back my smile, and not just because I'm not very fond of this neighbor girl. But picturing little Logen flipping the bird was actually quite funny. I told her to send Logen in...and he came in with that little dimpled grin that says "I know I'm in trouble, maybe this grin will get me out of it". I asked him if he flipped the neighbor girl off, and why. He said he did because she was bugging him. Come to find out, he learned it from the 10 year old neighbor boy. I asked him if he knew what it meant...and he didn't, so I told him that he just said a really bad word in sign language and if I ever see or hear of him doing it again, he will NEVER get another Christmas in his life! His little grin quickly disappeared and was replaced with complete and udder shock. It's moments like this that I get a high on my "mother power"! Anyway, he told me he will never ever do it again; (yeah right) I'm hoping at least not until he's a teenager. Bob is no help either. When I told him what Logen did, he broke down laughing like he was pretty impressed and said, "Logen, you flipped the neighbor girl off?!" It wasn't until I said, "yeah, and he'll never do it again...right Logen?" that Bob sobered up and agreed with me, telling him that if he does it again, he'll break his finger. The sad part about this, is that I can't even go over and talk to this boy's mom because she doesn't speak English...this boy has to interpret things to her and you know that he won't interpret the story correct! So, for now, my kids are not allowed to play with this little trouble maker neighbor...at least until his mom can learn to discipline and teach her son better, which is probably never! Hopefully some of what I teach and tell my kids will eventually stick and situations like this will not rub off on them anymore. Aren't kids priceless?!!