Sex Education - Too Early?

A few days ago, Hubby-jr saw me changing his sister from a nasty poo (eww) and the conversation went like this.

Hubby-jr: Gross, mei-mei(little sister)’s penis has sai-sai(poo).

Me: No, mei-mei doesn’t have a penis. She’s a girl, she has a vagina. You have a penis because you’re a boy.

Hubby-jr: Mei-mei doesn’t have a penis. Mei-mei has a vagina. Boy-boy (refering to himself) has a penis.

Me: Yes, that’s right.

Today.

Hubby-jr: Mommy, this teddy bear has a vagina. Teddy bear does not have a penis.

Boy, I caaan’t wait till I’ve to explain the birds and the bees. I’m sure it’ll be easy peasy! (You know I’m being sarcastic right?) Geez and I always thought the teddy bear was male.

Hmmm…

Plotting to overthrow mommy…

Mei-mei (little sister in Mandarin) I’m thinking…

That sounds like a plan but…

Can you read this?

I found this through a friend at Facebook and was absolutely amazed that I could read it. Can you?

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

Totally weird huh?

And The Lesson Is…

Hubby-jr loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar storybook, to the extent that he has just about almost memorised the entire book. He can repeat in the exact sequence what the hungry caterpillar ate on Saturday!

For the benefit of the clueless, in a gist, the story is about how the very hungry caterpillar ate through a series of different stuff from Monday to Sunday and then becomes a butterfly. In a very interesting manner of course. It’s a wonderful book that children love and also great tool for teaching the days of the week and metamorphosis!

Anyway, I was having fun with him over breakfast this morning asking him what the very hungry caterpillar ate each day. Then we reached “Saturday” and the conversation went like this.

Me: On Saturday the hungry caterpillar ate through…?

Hubby-jr: One piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.

Me: That night he had a…

(After some prompting) Hubby-jr: a tummy-ache (grinning)

Me: Yes, and the next day was Sunday again, he ate through…?

Hubby-jr: One piece of green leaf.

Me: After that he felt…?

Hubby-jr: Much better.

Then I had this “brilliant idea” of seizing the opportunity to reinforce the importance of eating vegetables.

Me: Yes, the hungry caterpillar felt much better after eating the green leaf. The green leaf is a vegetable. See! Even a caterpillar needs to eat vegetables!

Hubby-jr (chewing on his toast bread): Boy-boy (refering to himself) needs to eat…

He continues munching and takes a pause. And I’m expecting him to say “vegetables” and feeling good that I managed to unexpectedly insert a lesson on eating vegetables. Well at least I did up till my son finished his sentence…

Hubby-jr: Toast bread!

We all just cracked up and had the laugh of the day! There goes the lesson on vegetables! And I learnt the valuable lesson (again!) that kids are not easily “tricked” and can outsmart us anytime!

What You Looking At?

What you looking at? Haven’t you seen a baby with a finger in her mouth before?! There’s a small hard bump on my gums right here at this spot. Any idea what it is?

What Do You See?

Here’s why Sherman’s Lagoon is one of my favourite comic strips.

 

Can A SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) Be Sane?

One of the reasons why I enjoy blogging at WordPress is that they provide me with daily blog statistics. I’m not sure how it really works but they also list hits to my blog from search engine terms, i.e. terms people used in the search engine that led them to my blog.

I have been quite amused by some of them and the other day someone searched for “stay home mom activities to stay sane”. Here’s the laugh hubby and I had over it.

Hubby: There’s no such thing as staying sane as a stay home mom.

Me: Yeah, you have to be insane in the first place to be a stay home mom. It’s kinda like a pre-requisite! Sane? What are you thinking??

Hubby & I: Hahahaha….

Seriously though I know where she was coming from and I do have to plan or schedule stuff to keep me sane! I’ll write about it another time. Today’s post just for laughs.

Purple Mushroom - It Exists!

Hey whaddaya know? There really are purple mushrooms!

I don’t think we can eat them though. In case you think I engineered this digitally, check out this link.

If you’re wondering what’s the deal with purple mushrooms you’ll have to read one of my earliest posts on the subject matter - Some say brinjal or eggplant, others say aubergine, I say… purple mushroom?! 

 

World’s Largest Toilet?!

I was in dire need for some cheering up and chancing upon this article put a smile on my face. How bizarre is it to encourage watching TV in public toilets? Why the need to make anyone “very, very happy” after going to the loo? And check out what some of the urinals look like. All this fuss just for a no.1 or no.2? Guess what? I found this on CNN! I kid you not. Full report below.

BEIJING, China (AP) – They’re flush with pride in Chongqing, where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet.

Officials in the southwestern Chinese city plan to ask Guinness World Records to have the free four-story public bathroom listed as the world’s largest, state-run China Central Television reported Friday.

“We are spreading toilet culture. People can listen to gentle music and watch TV,” said Lu Xiaoqing, an official with the Yangrenjie, or “Foreigners Street,” tourist area where the bathroom is. “After they use the bathroom they will be very, very happy.”

Footage aired on CCTV showed people milling about the sprawling facility and washing their hands at trough sinks. For open-aired relief, there’s a cluster of stalls without a roof.

Some urinals are uniquely shaped, including ones inside open crocodile mouths and several topped by the bust of a woman resembling the Virgin Mary.

There are also plans to build a supermarket nearby, which will sell toilet-related items, CCTV reported.

(From left: Egytian front, sinks, urinals. Click for larger view.)

Bizarre isn’t it? What will they think of next?

Hope this lightens your day as it did mine.

Most Important Thing to Hubby-jr

The most important thing to my son, hubby-jr at the moment is…, no, not mommy…, no, not daddy nor little sis…, not any of his grandparents and not any of his friends. It’s not a person. It’s not a TV show. It’s not a toy, not even a computer game.

The Most Important Thing to hubby-jr at the moment is… (drumroll), Char Siew Rice!!! With Char Siew Pau and Char Siew Cheong Fun as close contenders, in that order.

How do I know? One night during a family dinner out, I tried to find out what his no.1 favourite food was. So I asked him a series of questions comparing some of his favourite food and Char Siew Rice kept coming up tops. Then hubby-jr’s uncle decided to ask him the ultimate question…

Uncle: Do you love mommy, daddy more or Char Siew Rice more?

Hubby-jr (without hesitation whatsoever): Char Siew Rice.

There you have it. After all the labour pain (and C-section pain!), after all the hours spent taking care of him, bonding… this is what I get for being mommyfied… trumped by a $2.50 plate of Char Siew Rice!