Hm, Um, Well, Not Sure What To Say About This One

Lest I ever forget that I am grossly outnumbered in my house (1 adult male, 2 male children, and 1 male dog), the topic of the appendage they all possess that I am missing is a near constant topic of conversation in our house. Especially these days. I don't know if the cool breezes that are kicked up this time of year have anything to do with it but a certain almost 3-year-old I know has extremely frequent, ahem, erections (I am so sorry, 14-year-old Joey. I hope you forgive me when you read this and know that I am laughing with you, not at you.). Joey gets very disturbed by these, uh, episodes. Whenever they occur he stops what he is doing with a paniced expression on his face and says, in the only volume Joe has, "My penis is big!!" We assure him that it is ok and if he relaxes and doesn't think about it it will go back down to normal. This seriously has been happening 5-10 times a day the past week. And so I knew exactly what was coming when his teacher met me at the door to his classroom this week and burst out laughing and said "oh Melanie" when I came to pick him up. Oh man, I thought, here we go. Caroline started out by stating the obvious. "This is a very loud classroom, " she said. "During snack time, however, the entire class is silent in eager anticipation of their snack. It was at this time, of course, that Joey said at the top of his lungs. My penis is big!" I lowered my head and said "Oh gesh, I am so sorry ." Caroline said that she and the other teacher in the room just looked at each other and tried not to laugh. Having not gotten a response, Joey said again "My penis is big!" Caroline said "Ok, Joe, thank you. Here is your snack." And that was all that was said about Joe's penis for the remainder of the day. Actually, one mention in six hours isn't that bad now that I think about it. I think my favorite part of this exchange was the fact that while Caroline was telling me the story, several other parents were listending and laughing hysterically. One such parent happens to be our minister who could not stop laughing and simply said "That. Is. Awesome."