Out of My League

As a mother of three little ones, I pride myself in thinking I can answer any question that comes my way. Two of three have hit the "question phase" (or are still in it) and I can navigate my way around and give good kid friendly answers. Yes, I'll even field the occasional anatomy or birds and the bees question and not give too much important info away. Of course, as a mom, I've mastered the divert and distract method...they ask a question or want a toy and you divert their attention and distract them with something else.

However, in the last few days I have come across a topic that has even stumped me. Since this has been the summer of comic book heroes, Josh has been so excited to go see all of these movies and (hopefully) get the kids on this bandwagon. Over the weekend he saw the new Captain America and showed the kids their very first short clip of a Star Wars Movie and got them hooked on the Avengers cartoon. (Please note these are all age appropriate, we aren't that bad of parents.) Now, if any of you know me you know that I know nothing...NOTHING about these. (Well...other than what I pick up from my nerdy friends-Emily, husband and The Big Bang Theory.)

This morning after they were up and breakfast was eaten, they asked to watch the Avengers....then, came the questions. I was stumped, well, not really stumped, I just didn't have a clue. This is where the teamwork parenting really pays off for us. He knows the nerdy, sci-fi stuff and I'll answer the sports questions. Oh well, this phase will last for a bit and I'll either learn some new stuff or they will move on to something else. The joys of parenting;-)