Thursday, February 19, 2009
Anatomy Lessons
I'll be honest, I grew up in a home where things were not always refered to in an anatomically correct way. I've been trying since Ryan got into school to help him know what his parts are really called so he doesn't get embarrassed by calling things by a "baby" name. The reality is that it is almost impossible for me to say penis (I'm even blushing discussing this here.) But what was worse this week was when Isabelle asked me very loudly (with no blush of course) "Do I have a penis?" It was even harder to say the word to her. Sigh, I'm trying to be a grown-up, but I'm not looking forward to the day we have to have "The talk".
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I am not looking forward to the talk either, although I have no trouble using the lingo.
We used to play a game in high school where someone would say 'Penis' and then you had to say it louder than they did. Then they had to say it louder than you did. You can see how this escalated...
So, I may have yelled PENIS rather loudly in certain settings.
your kids are hilarious :)
(This is going to be a long comment, but i don't have your email address)
And as for the haircut, I most certainly can help sass up the Sunny! I will be here another 6 weeks-- the salon's number (Aspen in Provo, by magelbys fresh and gandolfos) is 375-4247. If you can't find a time that works, you're welcome to call my cell, I just keep my books at the salon so I usually have to call back when I'm there anyway (691-9266) But I usually work T, TH, Sat 10-4 ish give or take if my clients can't come in those hours. Also if you want any highlights or color, I will gladly do it free for you-- just 5 or 10 bucks for the product. So start lookin' through some magazines, Cant wait to see you!
I am laughing at this one, because I too grew up in a home where we didn't refer to "things" by their real name. I only had one brother who needed to bother with that. My boys have some awesome names for things...which I won't discuss here.
It is totally ok in our house to use the word- squirt-. The big boys who know the real name are fine with the little boys calling it that. It makes it a little eaiser. But really- the real name of the cheek bone is the zygomatic arch, do we really walk around saying "she has great zygomatic arches"? I think not. What's the big deal. Parts are going to be mocked, made fun of, and in general irreveranced. We should have a term to use that can be comfortable in our homes.
Thanks Cass, you're so right!
That totally made me laugh because I have a way hard time using "that" word-- but I finally had to teach Matthew what it was called when he had surgery on it :) So Josh and Matthew know the real word- but I still have a word that I'm more comfortable using at home:)
Ammon and I agree that Ryan would probably be teased more for using the real name than any other name he could pick. Who uses that word any way other than people in the health profession?
Just be thankful she asked you that question when you were at home! My kids always seemed to bring things like this up when we were either in public or in the car. (I nearly went off the road more than once!) One time Ellen was telling me all about where babies come from in the grocery store. It was pretty funny really. I just laugh.
Oh, and just wait until junior high! Sarah was rather confused about a conversation she overheard and repeated it to me. I was absolutely shocked that kids were discussing this in class! Then the next day she came home and told me she had gotten it all wrong - they were talking about french kissing.
Hey sisters, I'm a "health care professional" and I still can't even say the word. It's quite possibly the ugliest word. We just call everything "parts". That's not too baby-ish, is it?
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