Sunday, June 22, 2008

Driving in the car...

I don't know what it is about driving in the car, but it invokes the most interesting and funny conversations with my children. Actually, I should say child. Chase still can't really talk so he just listens to Jonah and I. Occasionally he will chime in with some of his jibber jabber. So, we're on our way to Target to get a little swimming pool for the back yard when Jonah asks, "Mom, how do babies get out of your tummy?" "Do they break through your skin?". I start to explain to him about Male & Female anatomy in a way that hopefully a five year old will understand. I talk to him about the V's and the P's (yes, I use the proper name of the anatomy as disturbing as that may seem). So after explaining to him how the baby comes out; He has a look of sheer terror and disgust and replies, "AHWWW, that would hurt!!!" and I say, "as a matter of fact it does...tremendously". Then he thinks about it for a bit and says, "how does a baby fit through that hole?". He just keeps saying, "that would hurt so bad!". Then he asks, "Do they put you asleep when you have a baby?, cuz then that wouldn't hurt if they did." "They should put you to sleep." I tell him no they don't put you to sleep although that doesn't seem like a bad idea. Then he says, "I'm so glad I'm a boy." He says, "Dads lucky too". "Are you sad that you didn't get to be the Dad?". Do you wish that you were a boy?". "Jesus is even smart that he is a boy." "I am so glad that he made me a boy".