Things you don't expect to hear from your 4 year old son

My son is a builder. He likes to build things out of other things. He will build with just about anything - bits of wood, rocks, corks, tape, whatever it is he will build something with it.

The other day he got into the linen closet. On one of the low shelves in the closet is where I store my "feminine hygiene" products. I use O.B., the kind without the applicator, and I keep a box of each size on a shelf with the tops torn off, for easy access.

Well, Buddy pulled out about a half dozen of them and was playing with them. When I found him I explained they weren't meant to be toys and took away the ones that were still wrapped, but let him keep playing with the one he had unwrapped. He was pulling off the cotton, swinging it around on the string, having a great time.

After the kids were in bed and I was cleaning up I threw it away, figuring that if it wasn't lying around maybe he would forget about it and move on to something else.

The next morning I got the kids up and ready for the day and we piled into the car to take Punkin to camp and Buddy to preschool. It's a challenge to get everyone ready and I'm constantly worried that I've forgotten something (lunch, shin guards, sun block, etc). As we're riding down the highway he bursts out with:

"Momma! Where's my tampon?!"

Between laughing and trying hard not to show it I almost drove off the road. It's not something I expected to hear from him.