On the eve of his fifth birthday, Gabriel asked me where babies come from.
Well, actually, he asked me how the workers make the people.
It took me a few rounds of questioning to make sure I understood what he was asking.
G: How do the workers make the people?
K: Do you mean how is a person's body made?
G: NOOOOOO!!!!!! How do the workers make the people, and how do the people make the workers?
K: Are you asking how people decide what kind of work to do?
G: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <aaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhh> I said how do the workers make the people?
K: So, how was your body made?
G: Yes
K: Your body was made in mommy's tummy.
G: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! <aaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!> I want to know how the workers make the people. Like how do they build a person?
K: Ok. I can tell you how a person's body is made.
G: How?
K: Every person's body was made in a mommy's tummy. A special part of a daddy and a special part of a mommy mix together. They're called a sperm and an egg. When they mix together, it starts to grow tiny, tiny things called cells. The cells grow and grow and grow and more cells grow until they grow so much that it makes a baby's body. And when the baby's body has grown enough, the baby comes out of the mommy's tummy and everyone gets to see the baby and hug the baby and hold the baby and kiss the baby.
G: One time on PAW Patrol, Rubble didn't want to get wet just like Rocky doesn't like to get wet. He didn't want to take a bath.
And that's how that went down.
