Now That's an Annoying First

E-chan was back today with a new toy. She was running circles around our classroom so fast that at first I couldn't figure it out what it was... just looked orange and squishy. Then one of the other girls screeched, "O-ppai!!" the Japanese for "boob!". Dude. E brought a freaking boob to school today.

Let's take a step back for a second. This girl is THREE YEARS OLD. The class is full of two year olds and three year olds. This morning they were all yelling "boob"! E-chan could not be parted from it, this lovely, perfectly round, squishy boob. Just one. It looked approximately like this (do not open if you don't want a fake boob on your computer screen). She carried it around all day like a beloved teddy bear but it was quite obviously and annoyingly NOT a teddy bear.

Now excuse me because I am perhaps about to show my naivety regarding the ease with which parents can control their children's behavior. But what the HELL (pardon me again) was her mother thinking?!

It was one of those days...