in the car:

lu:  mom, hugh is touching his privates.

me:  that's okay, it's very normal for babies his age to do that.

lu: oh, why?

me:  well, they're just discovering them, really.

lu:  seriously?

me:  seriously.

lu:  well, did it take me that long to discover my ooh-la-la village?

me:  your what?

lu: my ooh-la-la village.

me:  do you mean your privates?

lu: ya.

me:  and why is it a village?

lu: because, you know, it's like a town square.

me:  (internally monologuing)  ...because it wasn't enough that it takes a village to raise a child...now it's somewhere everybody gathers?  what the heck?

me:  (out loud)  you know honey, we can just call them privates.

lu:  or what's that other word?

me:  vagina?

lu:  yes, ooh-la-la pa-jiy-ma village.

pauline:  chapter 11 in our book:  the ooh-la-la pa-jiy-ma village...DEFINITELY one of my proudest moments...