penis envy {finally} figured out!

So, I'm in the bathroom when Colin comes in to use the toilet.  As usual I have to remind him to please lift the seat because every now and then he misses and, well,... I have to sit on the seat and I'd rather not sit on a wet seat thank you very much!  To which he replied, "Girls have it way worse".

"Why's that?" I asked.

"Cuz they have to get their tummies cut open to have babies. {Oh, poor boy, he only knows the half of it!}  And they have to sit down to pee.  And if they have long hair bats can get stuck in it easier.  And they have that other thing...what's it called? A vagina?"

"And what, exactly, is wrong with that?"

"Well, it's not long enough to hold on to."  {said in the most matter-of- fact, innocent way only a boy of 7 could say it}


It has been a very long time since I have laughed that hard and that long. 

He is all boy...no doubt about it!