The birds and the bees.

Some of our neighbors just adopted their third child from Russia. They were throwing a "meet Lex" party, so I took the girls. As we were walking home, Camille said when she grows up she isn't having kids -- she is adopting. So I told her that was a cool choice and their are lots of kids who need good homes... just ask Madonna. Then she dropped the bomb... she said, "I'm not having kids because I think I know what you have to do to make them." Of course I inquired, but she thought she might get in trouble for saying "the" word. So I said, "Sex, are you asking about sex?" And yes, that is indeed what she wanted to know about *at eight years old.* She thought people get in trouble for having sex. So we talked about how God created sex for procreation and love in the confines of marriage. But she still has a ton of questions. I'm doing my best to answer... but yikes, this is uncomfortable territory!