A few Sundays ago Hubby took G and Little Missy swimming at the Y. Near the end of their time there the three of them sat on the edge of the hot tub and soaked their feet in the hot water.
Now, I wasn’t there, but I am relaying the following conversation as best I can remember from what Hubby told me.
G: “Daddy, why won’t they let kids get in the hot tub?”
Hubby: “Because if boys want to have kids someday then their bodies shouldn’t get too hot.”
Yes. He did.
Why couldn’t my husband have overwhelmed and confused him with information about the surface area of his skin taking in more heat than his internal organs can handle? Or why couldn’t he have said there was pee in the water and the Y doesn’t want kids to get sick? WHY BRING UP THE BIRDS AND THE BEES?
G looked at his Daddy and tried to fill him in on the truth. “Daddy, that’s not something boys have to worry about! Girls are the ones who carry the babies.”
“Just trust me, G.” Very unwisely, Hubby kept this line of conversation going. “I’ll tell you about it someday.”
!
*@&#^!!
Evade evade evade! Do not make his mind start whirring and wondering what in the world his father is talking about. Because pretty soon my very smart son G will start asking questions I WILL NOT WANT TO ANSWER.
This morning I had to write my column for tomorrow’s paper. The process is that I put Baby Chickadee down for a nap and Little Missy in front of a movie so I can have an hour wherein my thoughts are uninterrupted as I type on the computer.
Today Little Missy chose to watch a National Geographic documentary on Siberian Tigers, the same documentary she watched Tuesday night while G and I were at wrestling.
Guess what was on the screen as I passed through to check on Baby Chickadee? TWO SIBERIAN TIGERS MATING.
People, I just kept on walking. She did not seem to understand what she was watching and I didn’t want to bring up questions by running in there and fast-forwarding. I know that Hubby and Little Missy did not finish the show the other night and I’m only guessing they did not make it to that part or else Hubby would have warned me.
Still, too many near-embarrassing questions going on around here lately.
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I was there, honey, and I saw that mounting scene coming from a mile away. We fast forwarded it on my watch. You let her see that?!!!
Just come on over….we’ll do just one big session of the birds and the bees…Gabe’s been getting pretty inquistive lately, which in turn peaks Grady’s curiousity!
Just tell her the tigers were dancing!
Hee Hee. I like the line “EVADE, EVADE, EVADE.” You make me smile!