I’ve taken to calling Will Howard Cosell. He is the play by play announcer of toddlerhood. Every morning there is a twenty minute rundown while we cuddle in my bed about everything that happened the day before. Keep in mind….I’ve already had this update the night before.
Friday morning, in the middle of telling me who hit who at daycare and who got a time out etc the day before, our convo went a little something like this.
“Mom. I want to see your pe-nith” and he lifts up the covers (I’m a nudie sleeper).
“No Will. Those are mom’s privates. Right? You have privates and mommy has privates.”
(seriously – two and a half?? I thought I had a few yeears for this!! We’d been talking about our privates since we have a bath together every night and he hoofed me in the ‘privates’ one too many times…we had a chat.)
“Mom! Where your pe-nith. I wanna see it!”
(ugh – here we go)
“No Will. You have a penis and mommy has a vagina.”
(the hesitation…wheels are turning…eyes narrow…big grin breaks out)
“I have a ‘gina TOO! I do. I have a ‘gina….right der.” (points at penis)
I thought about pushing it…then I thought better of it. Let the kid think he has a vajayjay for the time being. It was 5:45am and I hadn’t had a coffee. I had no interest in an anatomy lesson. What would you have done?
When I dropped him off at school, I just smiled at the teacher and said, ‘you’re in for some gooood convos today – have fun!!’
OMG! can’t believe that is happening so soon – what a sharp little dude. that picture is too much, a devilish grin or what??!!
I would have said “yes, Will, Mommy has both. All single moms have both a vagina and a penis. How else do you think we can manage everything?”
Seriously, ‘you’re in for some gooood convos today – have fun!!’ LMAO!