WHAT!!!!

May 16, 2008

Forrest: Mommy how do the baby puppies get out of the mommy dog?
Me: WHAT!!! I mean what did you say?
Forrest: How do the baby puppies get out of the mommy dogs?
Me: (Thinking frantically) Do I tell him the truth? How much detail do I go into? Can I use the same answer that I did when he asked how Eliza got out of my tummy? No. No. Dogs really don't have C-sections. I can just see him telling everyone that you have to slice the dog open to get the puppies out. Maybe I can.....
Forrest: Mom.
Me: Oh sorry Yes well the puppies get out......

I won't bore you with the details. Actually I don't remember the details or I should say I am trying to block the memory of the whole thing. Whatever I said was good enough that he seemed satisfied with the answer and hopefully I won't hear from Forrest's teacher that Forrest is telling everyone that one minute the puppies are in the mommies tummy and the next they are not. It is like magic. Because that is what I really wanted to say.