Note to my neighbors: What you heard through the pipes in your bathroom was not what you thought you heard.

During tonight’s pre-dinner hand-scrubbing, Henry was playing with two small plastic balls. The joy he felt at being allowed to bring these balls with him to the sink prompted the following series of enthusiastic declarations.

I’m going to wash my balls!

My balls are all wet now.

My balls are so slippery! Slippery with soap.

I will rinse my balls.

My balls are all nice and dry.

Now my balls are so clean.

Thank you and goodnight.

Comments

[MonoCerdo]

This should be printed and hung in locker rooms nation-wide as a directive. Illustrations may also be necessary.

[Amy]

Is it ok to laugh this loud so late at night? Yes--it's the suburbs! LOL Thanks for that one. Like when I catch myself humming the tune of "I'm a big kid look what I can do-I can wear big kid pants too." At work. In my cube. I like Henry's version SOOO much better! lolol

[Erica]

This gives a whole new meaning to that soap character on Blue's Clues, you know -- and I've always considered him suspect anyway.

[cohesash]

what color are his balls?

[MelissaS]

Oh, Henry!

[mindy]

After a burst of unexpected cleaning yesterday, some forgotten toys were unearthed - specifically, two of those "Pinky" high-bouncers. Yup, last night was all about a delirious 2 year-old tearing through the living room screaming, "Two pink balls!!! Two pink balls!!!"

It must be spring.

[debl]

Hooray for freeballin' it! What I want to know is, did you have to explain your barely-suppressed laughter to Henry as he washed his balls?

[debl]

Hooray for freeballin' it! What I want to know is, did you have to explain your barely-suppressed laughter to Henry as he washed his balls?

[Mrs. Kennedy]

My dog chases balls. And chews on them.

[honestyrain]

more or less funny if henry were a susan or a jane?

[Em]

Ah, the joy of balls!

[halloweenlover]

Next time, you should have a tape recorder handy to record him as he sings about his balls. Like when my mom recorded me on the potty at 2 years old singing a song and grunting. And then you can play it for his future significant others. Much like my mom did.

[Lisa V]

Nothing touches a mom's heart more than song about a boy and his balls.

[Paul]

Balls jokes will never get old, just like diarrhea jokes... hahah... diarrhea

[Cali]

Reminds me of that classic SNL skit with Alec Baldwin and his Schwetty Balls. Henry's are definitely not Schwetty.

[E]

I laughed so hard at this, I cried.So funny!

[mojavi]

now that is why I read your blog.... so so funny

[Karen]

I had a ball reading this.

[MelissaS]

Cali: "Reminds me of that classic SNL skit with Alec Baldwin and his Schwetty Balls. Henry's are definitely not Schwetty."

It also reminds me of South Park and Chef's "Chocolate Salty Balls"

[chris]

the boy has a future in the entertainment industry, no doubt about it! (you've got this down in the baby book already, right?) hugs to henry!

[Karen]

Ya gotta love a kid who's proud of his clean balls.

[LOD]

Feh. I wash my balls, too, and you don't see anyone making a fuss over me.

[Mrs. Kennedy]

Yeah, LOD, but are you a princess?

[Mir]

Is it wrong that I sort of love Henry's balls? In a friendship way, you understand. But I do.

[Alisha]

How funny! This reminds me of the time when my husband, after much nagging, broke out the bicycle pump to reinflate our son's two (flat) basketballs. When our son woke up from his nao and found the newly-inflated balls, he became exuberant and ran to me shouting, "Mom! Dad made my balls bigger!" Ah, the joy of little boys who know not of what they speak.