Emily told about these conversations she’s recently had with the kids:

Story number one. Anissa is always obsessed with me having another baby. I don’t know why. I gave her the little sister she wanted and look how well that turned out for both of them! So, two nights ago, as Anissa was bemoaning the fact that she wanted me to have a baby, i finally told her that Cj was fixed. Prior to this i think the answer has always been “Daddy can’t have more babies, but i can”. She kind of got this weird look on her face and says to me, “Dad got spayed?”. Much laughter, and i said that boys don’t get spayed, girls do. She immediately replied, “You mean they neutered him?!” I really think she was trying not to imagine it in her head, but i wonder what she was imagining when she then asked (and she is still thinking in terms of dogs and cats) “How do they take it off and then put it back on?” I told her for men, they just tie the tubes that carry the sperm. It was a funny conversation, too.

Hannah, on Monday, while we were doing FHE had this little tidbit. We were talking about fire escapes in my parents home and where to meet, etc. in the event it should happen. Someone said something about jumping the fence to get as far away from the house as possible. Ever the true man, and thanks dad for interjecting this to my kids, tells Chris, “Just make sure you don’t get your sac stuck.” Yeah, if he were Cj i would have smacked him. Hannah then replies to us all that she would make sure to have the snacks for everyone to eat. It would be easier for her, i guess, since she is too short to jump the fence.

And, there you have it!