Friday, June 15, 2007

Rites of Passage

This is something that my boy may be embarrassed about me sharing publicly sometime in the future, but hey - I figure I'm setting him up for therapy in myriad ways, so this will be just a drop in the bucket.

After a great baseball season, he's now playing for a few more weeks on the all-star team. As the tournaments they're competing in play with hard balls rather than the softcore ones he's used up until now, the coaches recommend that the boys wear "protection" in their nether regions to deflect balls that might take unfortunate bounces.

So yesterday, Stephen took boy to the sporting goods store and got him his first ever cup, or as Nathan calls it "the weenie shield." Good times!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mo-ooooom! Stop embarrassing me!

Funny, I don't think it would even occur to The Boy to call his cup (he's sparring in Taekwon Do) anything but his cup. Tho' if he did hear anyone call it "the weenie shield", I'm not sure he'd ever stop calling it that :-/

Kristina said...

Well, perhaps he'll come home from our place (this Friday! Yay!) with some new terminology. You're welcome!