Out of the mouths of babes

[Kelly & Monty]

So my 7 year old asks, "If Monty's mom is a Golden and his dad is a Poodle, then how did a goldendoodle get made in his mom's tummy?"

Had my younger son not been nearby, this may have been a good segway into the 'birds and the bees' but for now I'll hold off until he brings it up again.

Just thought I'd share. ;-)

[F, Calla & Luca]

Very cute and smart. You could give a mini genetics lesson somehow, sort of.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Cute! Kids do say the funniest things. :-) This sort of reminds me of my eight year old little brother. He recently asked my mom "Mom, which side of the family am I on? Yours or Dad's?"

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

And doodles are a little slice of heaven.....
This actually reminds me of when my daughter was nine and we received a note telling parents that a unit on 'family life' was going to be taught. My daughter asked me what it would be about and I went into teacher mode trying to remember what the curriculum for that grade was - and never really answered her question. Well, the day of the unit came and when I picked her up after school she was really, really irate. I asked her why she was so angry and she replied that 1) The boys got to go out on the playground while the girls had to stay IN; and 2) they didn't even discuss vacuuming and dusting! LOL....... (She already knew about the birds and the bees because her father and I taught childbirth classes so the actual content of the lesson was not anything new).

[shelly]

Funny! I just love the innocence (and straight forwardness) of children!!!

[Anna and Achilles]

Don't you just love kids, I'm a kindergarten teacher and get great moments like this all the time. I glad I get to say thats a Mommy or Daddy question.

[Laura & Chewie]

:) love it!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

You could have gone into the whole F1 discussion....that would bore him enough to never ask a birds and bees question ever again!

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

LOL I had my younger daughter question this too, Ava my 11 year old spends a lot of time at her best friends house who's mom is a sheltie breeder plus they have a few other dogs, rabbits and guine pigs - Ava has got quite the lessons over there - I think its time to send Kelsey! The "birds and the bee's" see much less daunting when its with animals! LOL

[Joyce & Wilson]

I remember when I was about 5 and standing on a chair "helping" my mom do dishes..when our male and female dogs got "stuck" together!!! Mom promptly wiped my hands..off to the library we went and that afternoon yewwww!!! Really!! LOL

[2m42srv7vi6sq]

When my daughter was about 4 or 5, she saw one of our bulls mounting a cow. She watched the cow bellowing, for about 5 minutes, before turning to me and asking me what the bull was doing to the cow. I answered, "making baby cows"

She replied, "Is that the 'sex' thing everybody is so excited about?"

Trying not to laugh, I answered in the affirmative.

She looked at the cattle, for about another minute, before replying, "You're never getting ME to do that!".

I amazed she did not remain a virgin! LOLOL

[Frannie & Callie]

This past thanksgiving I was at my sister's house, watching a dog show with my nephew Benjamin (7 at the time). He informed me that when he grows up he's getting a boy dog, because then he won't have to get spayed (he was evidently traumatized by their dog getting spayed). Because I'm not a parent, I didn't think to just say "ok" and let him move on to the next topic. So I told him "well, if you get a boy dog, you have to get him neutered". Here's how that conversation played out (me= me, b = Benjamin)

b - why?
me - so that they don't make babies.
b - BOY dogs can have babies too???
me - it's complicated.
b - what is neutering?
me - it's when a dog's testicles are surgically removed
b - never mind - I'm getting a girl dog
me - Benj - do you want some ice cream?
(the ice cream sealed the distraction from the subject, but his mom - my sister - wasn't thrilled that I gave him ice cream at 10 in the morning)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Yea, I think if I were Benjamin I would stick to the spaying of a GIRL dog too! So funny.