Gotta love little kid conversations!!!

Reader Beware. Following Story contains anatomically correct terminology for sexual organs.

So I've decided roller derby practice once a week is not cutting it for getting into the shape I'd like to be in...which is, not round. I sought out a good deal on some good running shoes, a willing person to watch the kids while I went running and finally picked a day to start.

I figured it would be a good energy burning time for Alex to ride his bike along with me, while I ran. I knew I was out of shape enough it would be I trying to keep up with him, not the other way around.

So we set out.

We got a block before my butt started hurting from all the jiggling it was doing as it bounced around trying to keep up with my legs. *sigh* So I slowed down to a walk and Alex turned around and said. "Mommy why you stopping?" My reply, was honest, "My butt hurts Alex." He stopped his bike and looked very sympathetic at me, "Oh. It's ok Mommy, my penis hurts."

(I decided, way back when Alex was intent on holding onto his penis for dear life during diaper changes, that I would teach my children correct terms for their body parts. Only within the last year has he learned what girls' have, mostly because he kept saying that mommy didn't have a penis, just a big butt!)

Well I chuckled slightly at his way of being sympathetic with me. Then he asked me, "Mommy does your penis hurt?" I had to correct him, "No Alex, I don't have a penis, remember?" A look of understanding and sudden recollection rolled across his face as he stated, "Oh, that's right, you have a retainer!!"

Priceless.

Took everything I had not to bust out in donkey peels of laughter. With a herculean effort, I managed to compose my face and voice with a simple reply, "No Alex, I have a vagina. My retainer is for my teeth."

"Oh, that's right," he said.
Gotta love kids.