A post in two parts
Apparently, I'm not grown-up enough to discuss girl parts with the boy. Here's how it went the first time around:
Boy: Baby sister doesn't have a penis, because she's a girl.
Me: That's right!
Boy: She only has a scrotum.
Me: ... Yes.
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I was up in Canada this past weekend, just outside of Toronto. It's not a long trip, easily comfortable enough to go and come back in the same day. Anyway, I was at a reception at a big room in this community center building in a municipal park. As I was leaving, I saw this sign:
And then I laughed. Because the first thing they have to tell people not to do is play hockey.
Comments
Lisa said:
Look, you've had a baby and now your talking all dirty. No ball playing? I should hope not!
Syar said:
He's what, 2? 3? And he knows the word "scrotum"? I'm pretty sure I used the word "pee pee" to refer to all genitalia up until I was about 6.
Jon said:
I choose to interpret that sign as saying that hockey is not allowed, but ball playing and loitering are allowed. What's worse is that this sign is out in front of an ice rink with goals set up at either end and referees skating around just begging for a pick-up game to start... Canadians are weird.
I've got nothing for that scrotum stuff... good luck untangling that mess.
aubrey said:
lol. i guess that's canada for you.
which reminds me of your suggestion for my 30 before 30 list. i have gone to an NHL, NBA and MLB game. all i have left is a NFL game. i am currently working on that one. but very good suggestion, i must say.
Tori :) said:
Hockey!? That's funny, eh?
Taj has always used correct terminology for genitalia except he says "balls." He has older brothers, there was no way I was gonna win there.
Tori :) said:
I left a comment and now I don't see it?! Maybe it'll show up later...
Tori :) said:
Ah- see. There is it. Like magic.
cadiz12 said:
wow, the boy is going to be mighty confused when it's time to watch The Movie...
Klin said:
No hockey!?!?
Though my 17 year old knows the terms I doubt he uses them. Cute boy you have there. Smart, too.
No Cool Story said:
Yeah, I'm not googling that one.
No hockey? Well, they are certainly not on your list anymore, right?
Lauren said:
What the!? I didn't even know what a scrotum was until I was forced into reading a sex book.
You have won the give-away my friend.
wynne said:
Ah, talking about body parts with wee ones! My boy is still thinking about that whole penis thing. He is very bothered that I don't have one. I keep telling him I don't mind, but he's still pretty perturbed by it.
wynne said:
(And I figured out how not to get my comments eaten, too. See, I feed the comment field a dead body before I post, and voila! I can see my comment!)
Mike said:
I think you handled it well.
No, really. I would've giggled my ass off.
zoe said:
yeah you're back!!!
zoe said:
yeah you're back!!!
Lia said:
Er. Um.
glo said:
Scrotum. Wow. That kid's got a vocabulary. He probably couldn't have said labia anyway...so no worries.
Nancy Face said:
The oldest boy at our house called it the pee-pee shooter...for a very long time.
Nobody said:
Seriuosly, what a vocab! I'm all about using made up words because I don't want my kids flinging some words around in public.
I had to intervene but quick on afternoon when I overheard my husband "teaching" my son all the many different words for ahem--well, you know. :)
And uh, where are you? This thinking of a name or even, giving in and posting on your old blog is taking entirely too long.
Nobody said:
You even have LIVE Comment Preview for no reason at all that can secretly be used to edit, which I do, and I STILL spelled seriously wrong.
What a dork.
Rhonda said:
So how are you going to prepare for the conversation where you tell him that she doesn't actually have a scrotum?
Where'd it go? Did it fall off? Did someone take it? Do we still have it?