Perhaps It Was All Those Olympic Swimmers We Watched …
Lucas woke me up this morning with an odd question: “Mom! Can I take a shower?”
“A shower? Why do you want to take a shower?” (He typically showers in the evening, before bedtime.)
“For fun. Just in private.”
“Oh. Um…”
“I won’t do anything dangerous, like play with a razor … or eat the soap … or lick some chemicals … or something like that.”
“Um … OK.” I respect my kids’ need to explore their bodies.
45 minutes later…
“Mom! Feel my legs! Aren’t they smooth?”
“They are smooth. Lucas, did you use a razor to shave your legs?”
Beaming, he says, “Yeah! Aren’t they nice?”
Funny thing is, I can remember having the EXACT SAME conversation with my mother when I was a girl. I don’t remember how old I was, though. “Mom, feel my legs! Aren’t they smooth?”
December 31, 1969 at 5:00 pm
August 11, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I guess that settles it. Gay.
August 11, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I wanna know how to get a close shave like that 🙂
August 11, 2008 at 9:59 pm
No, it just means he’s truly Ian’s kid.
August 12, 2008 at 1:50 am
Well that certainly settles it. Gay.