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Just thought I would share one funny story that happened at CM7. One evening at dinner, I was chatting with a few campers and one younger camper by the name of David who is so adorable and has the cutest face (he won funniest camper of the year award.. anyway...) walked up to me and said to me in a very serious face.
"CJ, Derek told me, when babies made... dad penis and mom vagina *He proceeds to do the hand gesture of one finger in the other hand shaped like a O thrusting it back and forth* but I told him no that not true, I know babies just grow in ur tummy when mommy is ready to have babies!"
The campers at my table started snickering and some of them laughed so hard. I sat there so dumbfounded for a couple seconds, I was SO not expecthing that kind of question. I was ready for some silly question or something like "Mohawks number 1" as he is obsessed with our team name last year as he was my group camper last summer.. Anyway.. I sat there trying to figure out quickly what to say. I was so caught off guard that the best thing that came to mind was during training week Ursula (the director) said something about if u dont know, tell the kids u will find out, dont make something up. so my reply was:
"Wow David, I'm not sure let me go ask someone, Why dont you go sit down and I'll get back to you."
Well.. That worked, and it didnt. It got David to shut up and go sit down at his table, but... that caused the campers at my table to lose it. They started laughing at the concept of me asking Ursula how babies are made and set off comments which I am not going to repeat. I told them nicely to shut up and I went off to seek Ursula for help on what to tell him.
Ursula told me to just talk to him in private and explain to him. I was like, D'oh, allright so later that night right before bed. He came up to me and asked if I found out how it worked. I had to try so hard to bite my lip from laughing out loud. One other camper saw him ask me, and said "Yeah, maybe u got an demostration." *groans* After telling that camper to scram, i sat down with David and this is how it went. My words are in bold, his is in normal font like before, i remember this VERY clearly!!!.
"David.. well u see.. when a man and a woman love each other very much. Their bodies get very close and...."
"You mean NAKED? penis in vagina?" *does the thrusting motion*
"Uh.. yeah that.. Um and then"
"What does it look like"
"Um. you'll find out when you get older. Um.. MUCH OLDER when you get married"
"Thats a long time"
"Yes. I know anyway then somethin in the penis goes inside the mom. and it meets the egg in the mother"
"EGG? Women have eggs, like we eat for breakfast?"
"Um no not really.. its.. um -- well theres things in eggs that help make babies it meets up with the thing that comes from dad's penis"
*giggles at the word penis* Oh.. looks like baby frog, that?
"huh baby frogs?" (I was so confused at this interjection)
"Yeah round thing with tail"
" OH OH...Tadpoles. yeah"
"I saw picture before"
"Of.. baby frogs?"
"Yeah"
"Yeah anyway -- the 2 things come together and then it makes a baby then 9 months the baby is born out of the mother"
"out of her vagina."
"Yes. thats right"
"Ew. that HURTS! OW.. what if vagina rip and bleed bleed and (He was very graphic doing this) and mom dies"
"Um.. if that happens.. I.. that doesnt happen mothers get shots to help the pain"
"Oh... ok. so.. thank u. um can I go play now?"
"Yes... *makes a hand guesture for him to go*
THAT WAS DEFINTELY THE MOST INTERESTING CONVO I HAD WITH A KID. I'm ready to explain to children now wehre babies come from, not bad for my first time eh. PARENTS -- SEND UR KIDS MY WAY! LOL NOOO WAYYY -- LoL..
Boy.. Well... til next time ;)
Ciaooooo....