My son bounced into my room this morning, sporting a giant grin.
Son: “Do you notice what’s different, Mommy?”
Me: “Um….you’re taller?”
Son: *Laugh* “No.”
Me: “Um…you still need to brush your hair for school?” (Moms can’t help being moms.)
Son: “Nooooo.”
Me: “Um…I don’t know.”
Son: *Pointing to his pants* I grew.
Me: “Err…”
My son proceeded to lift his shirt and tug down his sweats to show me that he had tied a sticky ball around his waist so that the sticky mace-like ball hung down in front of his underwear.
Yes, my son was packing.
He pushed everything back into his pants and bounced back out of my room with a sweetly innocent smile. Later we agreed that the sticky ball should probably stay at home while he was at school.
The thing I’ve learned about weasels is that you can’t assume anything – there’s no telling if he’ll ever bring it up again. The truth is, though, that I never considered having to have a packing conversation with my son, and so I’m at a bit of a loss. Will he mention it again? Will he have questions? Will he want advice? And, most importantly,
will I get a chance to suggest that he replace it with something a bit less…sticky?
omg.. yeah, how common is packing amongst pre-pubescent boys? I’m betting Weasel 2 is a trendsetter in this area.
LOL.. yeah, with all that we talk about packing and what it means to transgressive female bodied people.. to find out your wee boy wants to do it too?
I gotta say, you have very interesting, thought-provoking weasels. Lucky you
Exactly. I wasn’t prepared for it, nor for how forthright he was about it. I feel grateful that he isn’t feeling shame, and that he’s so creative.
Thank you for being there to share my life with.
LOL – but of course, being YOUR weasel, I wouldn’t expect anything less than an adventurous young soul
Wow, does this mean an unusual amount of time checking out other guys’ packages?
Oh, lord…I have no idea.
Kids are amazing. I love that your weasel is so curious about himself!
Means you’re doing something right. If you ask me, that is.
hahahahhaHA! too funny!