Earlier this week I had Brynn's parent/teacher conference. I put my purse on the table and sat across from her wonderful teacher, ready to begin. Brynn started looking through my purse and I asked her what she was doing. "I am looking for that lotion you put on your boobies." Having now been Brynn's mom for over 4 years, very little that comes out of Brynn's mouth embarrasses me. I could not imagine what she meant since I hardly use lotion at all except sunscreen, not even on my expanding belly, so I calmly said, "I don't put lotion on my boobies. What are you talking about?" She says, "You know, the lotion you put here..." and starts pointing to her armpits. Hmmm. I'm still trying to figure out what at that moment made her think of antiperspirant (which I also do not keep in my purse), how ones gets "boobies" and "armpits" mixed up, and at what point she might develop an appropriateness filter for her chattering.
Thankfully, the rest of the conference was uneventful and she is doing very well in class, has been bumped up a reading group, does not get in trouble, and keeps her teacher, and as I have heard from quite a few parent volunteers, all other adults in the room well entertained!
2 comments:
Wow, sounds like my Abbie! Too funny. She says things that would have curled my embarrassment toes 20 years ago now, but now I'm a duck - it all slides right off...and I grin and shrug and tell great Abbie stories.
Oh my gosh, that is great!
Still laughing here:)
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