From the mouths of not-quite-babes.
Em’s school held their health and sex ed classes last week. I can’t believe this is already happening, but must admit that this is the right age to be addressing this. Em doesn’t have a whole lot of questions for us about health and reproduction, since we’ve answered some of those already. However, that’s not to say she’s not interested. Specifically, she’s interested in deodorant although she doesn’t need it yet. Nonetheless, she’s decided to start using it every day. Fine by me. We happen to have a stick of Tom’s of Maine that I had tried but decided wasn’t my bag. It’s not that strong, so I figure it’s not hurting anything for her to use it. I showed her how to turn the base to make the stick rise when needed.
Em: Deodorant is kind of like a glue stick!
I hadn’t thought about it, but she’s right. And it also shows that she’s still a child, although things are changing. I am not ready to deal with puberty, but it’s coming, ready or not. Time to gear up for the next phase of parenthood.
Today and I saw someone in a Jayne hat as we were waiting for the bus. She nudged me and said “cunning hat, there” and I said “I wonder if Heather made it?” and then we thought for a moment and I said “yeah, I’m gonna go with no, you know why?” and she said “the twisted stitches on the earflaps?” “DING!”
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Ha! Thanks for the laugh and the compliment, guys!