Underwear and Braces

I had to have an afternoon appointment at the orthodonist's office today. What does this mean? Well, first of all, I couldn't have the appointment during preschool like usual. But, it also means that school was out, so the office was PACKED. I was in the waiting room, standing room only, with two very talkative boys. We were there forever... and Asa was talking very loudly about whatever happened to cross his silly little mind. I had him on my lap as I flipped through a magazine. Each time he said something, the teenagers and some parents that were there would smile and look... He was the only one talking.

Then, I turned to a page with Mariska Hargitay (from SVU) in a Milk Ad with her new baby.


I didn't pay any attention to this ad, except to note that Mariska's baby was very cute. I am not sure if Asa's next comment had anything to do with the picture... I'm sure the baby was the catalyst, although I don't get the rest.

Through the over-crowded waiting room silence he says, "Mom, before you had a baby, you didn't have any underwear?" Uh... What? I had to careful steer this in a direction to a) make sure the audience knew that I was floored by how much this made no sense and b) cause him to drop it instead of taking it somewhere truly mortifying (especially since we had to hang out for an extra long time at the restaraunt where we ate lunch today to make sure that both boys were completely finished asking if there were any girls who had penises, and that Daddy has a penis, etc.

Ah, the joys of parenthood.