Boobies

The conversation took a weird turn at dinner time. Violet Christie and I were having dinner with Ma, Violet's great-grandmother.

Out of the blue, Ma says, “Does your Momma have big boobies or little boobies?”

Violet looks at Christie and says, “Big Boobies.”

Being funny, Christie asked Violet, “Does Daddy have big boobies or little boobies?”

Violet looks at me and says, “Little boobies.” Well, I guess that's better than the alternative.

Christie asked Violet, “Does Ma have big boobies or little boobies?”

Violet looked at Ma and said, “Big boobies.”

Apparently Ma didn't like that answer so she said, “I think I have medium boobies.”

Christie and I realized that “medium” probably wasn't yet in Violet's vocabulary. We explained that “medium” was in between big and little. She seemed to get it so we asked her again. “Violet, does Ma have big boobies, little boobies, or medium boobies?”

“Medium boobies,” she said.

Ma decided to play with Violet a bit. She said, “Well you don't have any boobies at all.”

Without any hesitation, Violet said, “But I'm growing.”

We all laughed. We weren't sure that we had heard her right. She repeated, “But I'm still growing, right?”

Yes Violet. You're still growing. And so are your boobies.