Family Life Mastery Grade = F ! Overheard (and heads swiveled violently) in the Sand Castle:

J-crab,the senior, referencing the "Octomom" situation...in a hushed tone:"I think they may have to abort a couple of the babies."

Me and GMK (in unison): "GASP!"

Me: "Jack, they're already born."

Jack, quite horrified: "Does that mean they would kill them?"

Me: "Where on earth did you hear this? Nobody is going to kill them. Babies this tiny have a lot of challenges and they are in Intensive Care."

Jack: "Whew!"

*** Later I realized that the conversation he overheard must have referenced "adopt" or the TV show may have mentioned "abortion" and he got tense-confused.



Minutes elapse.

And then J-crab, Senior returns for Round Two:
"This must mean that the [air-quote, Jack's favorite gesture] Octo-Mom has a problem with tampons and pads."

GMK and me (again in unison): "PAH!" and bust out giggling.

Me: "I'm really thinking that the ol' Family Life unit didn't cover things like it did in my day."

Pause to let that sink in.

Me: "Did you mean condoms?"

Jack (horrified but in a whole different way than Round One): "Mom! Maybe, I think."

***We had a quick tutorial on IVF (without benefit of A/V equipment or Shepard Smith).

It's ALWAYS something in the Castle. Some new fresh take on reality that isn't quite baked through.