Some forms of embarrassment simply cannot be avoided.

Today, when I picked up ONE, his teacher greeted me by smiling and taking a deep breath. That is never a good sign. I braced myself. She seemed like she didn’t know quite how to tell me what happened. 

I waited.

You see, ONE has a friend who has a lisp. This friend happens to be obsessed with Thomas the Train, just like ONE. In case you aren’t familiar, Thomas the Train has all kinds of other train friends … and one in particular is named Percy. 

Unfortunately, The Lisper pronounces Percy incorrectly. I imagine he pronounces a lot of words incorrectly, but I hope for his mother’s sake most of them don’t sound like slang for lady parts. And, unfortunately for me, my son is a great imitator.

Today, at naptime, ONE yelled out “I LOVE PUSSY!“

If you’re looking for me, I’m currently hiding under a rock.

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