Monday, September 01, 2008

Speaking of Labor Day

Jo: Did it hurt when your babies came out?

Me: [saying] Yes. But it was worth it. [thinking] Please don't make have The Talk right here in the bathroom at day care.

Jo: I'm not going to have any babies when I'm a grown-up. I've been through enough as a kid!

8 comments:

kirida said...

oh that's perfect.

Katie Kermeen Swisher said...

hilarious!!!

Julie Marsh said...

"Well, no. It didn't hurt when they came out. Actually, I was feeling pretty damn fine right then.

Later on, however. That's another story altogether!"

(I agree with Jo - she's been through a lot, especially in the last six weeks!)

Anonymous said...

I love it when little kids sound as though they've lived a hundred years.

Lady M said...

Guffaw!

Kimberly said...

Ha!

I had to have The Talk (sort of) a few weeks back. I explained to my older daughter that she got stuck and had to come out through a cut in my belly. Fine. Good. No problem.

When I told the younger one she came out through my nether regions, her 3-year-old face froze, her eyes grew gigantic and she said in total wonder, "Through there?!?!" pointing at her own crotch. I couldn't help snickering.

Bon said...

staring down labour again, i start to wonder if Jo isn't inordinately wise...

Marinka said...

Jo is very wise!

My kids love hearing the story of how they were born. After one telling of my daughter-sponsored c-section, my son said "I'm so glad that I'm a boy" and my daughter said, "Yeah, but you could get reincarnated as a girl" and he said," that's true." What the?