Fo' REALZ- Boy partz.

So this is supposed to be a blog post on the down and dirty, nitty gritty something that you would never believe about me. A challenge, if you will, given by a fellow blogger, Courtney.

I began to think...

1) What am I willing to tell? Or more importantly....

2) What am I willing to tell to people who will see me in person tomorrow?

3) Do I go for something relatively normal, like a disgusting microwave that only gets cleaned when my mom shows up and I get really embarrassed?

OR

4) Do I blog about something humbling like the fact that I sometimes yell at God and ask Him why He doesn't love me. (True that).

With a deep breath, I have decided to share neither of those secrets.

Instead I will reveal to you that as a mother, I think the penis may be the funniest conversation piece God invented!! (Side note: If you are already freaked out, leave NOW!!)

I will comment in regard to this body part only about my youngest son, Seth, who is 4, and thinks 'penis' is the funniest word around!

We decided when we had kids, to use the correct names for their private parts. There have been variations over the years, 'Weenis, Bajina"... etc., but as of now all four kids use appropriate terms. (When necessary).

I have also struggled with my kids, to balance propriety. I don't want to be 'that mother' who teaches her children that certain body parts are 'dirty' or 'wrong', possibly harming them for all of their adult sex lives* (*I don't know, I just read it). BUT I also don't want to be the mom who is letting their child rub themselves in public, because "it's natural." (Peewee Herman's mom probably did that! ;)

Anyway... I try for the casual-we'll-talk-about-it-in-a-normal-voice-while-imparting-knowledge-and-love-to-said-child-routine. Here's how that looks.

(In our minivan, the whole family, parked at a gas station after a long trip. Daddy's pumping gas, we are all waiting in the quietness.)

Seth: Mom!
Me: What?
Seth: My penis is up!
Me: (pause to increase wisdom) Oh. How's that for you?
Seth: (Shakes head sadly.) It's not good.

Lol! Oh well, it's a work in progress. Here's to keeping it real! Blessings, Char