As you may or may not know, I am the mother of a beautiful, free spirited, bright personality having, blossoming 5 year old little girl. She is none other than the fabulous Miss J. She is getting ready to trade in her preschool days for more grown up ones as she prepares to join some of her friends in kindergarten next month. Yesterday, as I stood around the table watching her wait not-so-patiently for her turn to scoop out some bright red strawberry halves on her napkin, as a part of the late snack routine at her preschool, my concentration was shattered by the sound of,

"LOLLI LOLLI LOLLI LOLLI, LET ME SEE YOU POP THAT BODY!!"



As my attention shifted from Miss J., onto her bff, respectively known as Miss M., and then shifted again toward her teacher who was accompanying them at the table, I was overcome with a tsunami of embarrassment. If I was not as chocolately complexioned as I am I could have easily turned beet red. If Miss J. had been the one to belt out this tune I would not have been so shocked. But because it was not, it was evident that my little Miss J. had been successful in transforming her bff into a straight urbanista.

This isn't the first time that she has taught the kids at school a popular R&B/Rap song. The first lesson was none other than Rihanna's Umbrella. I remember the day that her teacher told me, with excitement in her eyes, how Miss J. had known the whole Umbrella song and how she had shared this knowledge with everyone.... and how it was the cutest thing. I wonder if she was as equally excited about learning how to "pop that body". I wonder if that was equally as cute or what the hell Miss M's parents thought about this new "circle time" song that was a part of the day's curriculum? And why was I so embarrassed? Don't I listen to this music? Don't I allow my daughter to listen and dance to this music?

I think my reaction was based on the fact that hearing the song dancing on the lips of a child whose parents probably don't even know what rap music is. It made me a little nervous. It wasn't even the content of the song itself, it was the content of the song coming out of "that" particular mouth.

I am sure that there will be many more songs that will be taught by Miss J before the summer is over. On our way out the door she made sure to leave Miss M with some overnight homework "SHE GOT THEM APPLE BOTTOM JEANS, BOOTS WITH THE FURRRRRRR..." These words rang in the ears of an excited Miss M up until I closed the classroom door behind us.