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Apparently the water in his bowl wasn’t enough that he felt he had to come get a drink while I was doing the dishes since the water was running.

While I was helping Aryanna wash her hair at bath time last night, she looks down and says, “Did you know I have a hole?”

I assumed she was talking about her belly button because she was looking down.  Wishful thinking. 

Me:  “We all have those belly button holes.  Some people actually have ones that stick out.”

She looked at me like I was stupid and said, “I know that silly.  I’m talking about another hole I have.”  She paused, pointed downward, leaned in towards me and in a really low voice said, “Down there.  By my privates.  There’s a hole there you know.”

I almost fell off the toilet seat.  I was trying not to laugh in my nervous reaction because 1) I wasn’t prepared for this conversation and 2) she kept talking like we were being spied on or something. 

I just looked at her for several seconds and it must have been several seconds too long because she looked at me and said, “Well?”

Me:  “Oh sorry.  Right.  The hole.  Well the hole…”

She interrupts me:  “Do you even know what the hole is for?”

Me:  ” Oh Mommy knows what the hole is for I’m just trying to figure out how to explain it to you properly.  Have a little patience here.”  I mean really people, she’s only 5 and this was not a planned birds and the bees discussion.  I wasn’t ready to go there.  So I went half way there and managed to get around it.

I just stared at her again.  I sighed and smiled and then said, “All girls have that same kind of hole.  It’s where babies pop out of when you are older.”

Her eyes opened as wide as they possibly could open and her jaw dropped.  She said, “What?!  A baby is going to come out of that hole? I pee from this area you know.  That’s gross!  Will that get on the baby?”

I thought to myself that I better take real charge of this conversation and end it before I had to do some real explaining.  So I said, “Ok…first of all, your pee comes from a different hole.  A tinier hole that’s a little further up in your private area.  Second of all, when there is a baby in your tummy waiting to come out, your body will be bigger and the hole will grow with your body.  Your tummy muscles will help you push the baby out.  It has to go through that passage to get out once it’s all done growing.”

Her:  “There’s another hole down there that I didn’t even see?”

Me:  “Yes, but it’s tiny.  Don’t worry about it or even try to look for it.  Please.”

Her:  “Did I come out of your hole?”

Me:  “No.”

Her:  “But you said that’s where babies come out of.”

Me:  “I know I did, when Jordyn was in my tummy he couldn’t fit through…”

She interrupts me, “Because your hole wasn’t big enough?”

Me:  Trying desperately NOT to laugh, “My hole was plenty big thank you.  The bones in this area (I pointed to my pelvis) were to small for him.  He couldn’t fit through.  So, the doctor had to make a cut on my tummy and actually pull him out.  The same with you.  The doctor had to cut me again and pull you out when you were ready.”

Her:  “Do you have a boo boo on your belly where the doctor cut you?”

Me:  “Yes.  I guess you want to see it?”

Her:  “Yeah.”

I pulled the front part of my pants down far enough for her to see the scar.  She gently rubbed her fingers across and looked at me with a sad face.  She asked, “Did that hurt Mommy?”

I thought, ok this could be a conversation that traumatized this child and never makes her want to have children if I tell her the truth.  Let’s be real.  I really wanted to say, “Hell yeah! Both C-sections hurt like a bitch, I could hardly wipe myself for a few days without being in pain, I couldn’t take a shower without help or get out of bed or up from a chair without help and I walked like a 90 year old lady for 2 weeks after.  Yeah it hurt!  It hurt like a mofo.”  Instead I said, “Well it hurts a tiny bit, but every time it hurts the doctor gives you really good strong medicine so it doesn’t bother you.”

Her:  “Woooooaaah.”

Me:  “Is there anything else you wanted to know or ask?”

Her:  “Yep.”

Me:  “What is it?”

In a whiny voice she says, “Do we reaaaally need to blow dry my hair.  You know I don’t like that thing.”

WHEW.  Glad that was over!

I’m sooooooo tired from yesterday.  We had a great time.  We went to Epcot first and then to Disney World.  My husband put together a slide show so you guys can check out our day.  The trip was more for my husband than the kids.  He hasn’t been there in 15 years.  The kids and I tend to go to the attractions more than him because my mom lives about 15 minutes away from them all and my brother works for them.  

All in all it was a great day.  My favorite part is when I got to see Goofy.  He is my favorite Disney character.   My least favorite part would have to be my husband trying to get the park people to let him take pictures with the characters while he holds up a sign promoting his blog.  They let him do it for Chip & Dale, but when it came to Mickey they said noooooo.  It was actually kind of funny.  So check out the slide show and enjoy the pics.  I need a nap!!

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Saturday we are going to Disney. The kids don’t know. They know they are getting a surprise, but have no idea what the surprise is. I have to say I’m proud of Aryanna for handling it so well. Normally she would be incessantly asking for clues or constantly talking about it, trying to get me to accidently fess up to what it is. (a tactic that has worked tremendously in the past) At any rate, she has left it alone and I was even able to manipulate a faster bed time because of the big secret.

Me: “We have to get rest and go right to bed so we can get up early for our ‘big secret’ tomorrow.”

She turned over and mumbled, “OK. Can you atleast scratch my back for me?”

I scratched for her.  She was out in less than 5 minutes.

Let me just add here, it is wonderful to have a family member that works for Disney. We get in at a substantial discount. Free! Woooohoooo!! Oh come on! Tickets are about $80 per person to get in this place nowadays.  A burger alone is like $10.00 in there. Well…Ok…I know I’m exaggerating. I’m just saying, it’s pricier than eating outside of the park. We’re packing a cooler so we only have to buy dinner on the way home. We’ll save our money for the over priced souveniers. Isn’t that the fun of going to those kinds of places. I’ll be sure to take pictures for you guys.

You’ve seen the me, the kids, they hubby and the cat.  I figured I had to share my other baby Romeo.  I’m convinced he’s got some rabbit blood in his veins because of how he always jumps and hops around.  Here’s a little video of me playing catch with him.  I’ll apologize ahead of time for it being a little shakey…hard to throw and record at the same time.  :)  He’s a pain, but he’s a cutie. I can’t stay mad at that face long at all.

I watched the inauguration today.  I purposely didn’t watch a lot of news all week so that I wouldn’t be over saturated by the ceremony before it even happened.  I actually didn’t even make the decision until this morning that I was really going to watch it.  I thought I might, but I wasn’t sure.  I’m really glad I did.  For me, by watching, I feel like I cared about what was going on outside of the confines of my own home. 

Whether I voted for Obama or not, history was made by the first African American being sworn in as president.  If Barack were a 30 year old living in the early 1950’s he would not have been able to use the same restroom as a white person.  Now he, as a black man, has the most important job on earth; leading the U.S. 

I found myself suddenly feeling very emotional and couldn’t stop watching.  There were sooooo many people there all wanting to be a part of a historical moment.  You could just see the hope and joy on their faces.  They all really believe in this man, no matter what race.  They hope that he can bring change to our lives over the next few years.  I, for one, am eager to see what he does because if there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats both agree on is that change is needed.

I generally love a day where we spend the whole day in our pj’s, but 3 days is a bit much for me.  Since Friday Aryanna has been sick.  Jordyn got sick Saturday night and woke up Sunday miserable.  For him to say, “I don’t feel well at all.” means he was feeling mighty crappy because he usually will hold out as long as he can to admit he’s sick.  So we’ve been cooped up in the house for the past 3 days.  Aryanna has been running a low grade fever but is up and around.  Jordyn is congested but is up and about as well today.  I can tell we are all going a little stir crazy though.  We are starting to get on each others nerves.  God help us if we ever take a road trip that last a few days.  I’m just happy to not be sick with them.  Let me go find some wood to knock on now.