We survived our first day of Surf Camp. And by survived I mean no one got eaten by a shark. This means that our babysitter/life guard was able to play on the beach with Pumpkin without having to perform CPR on Mommy or partake in a daring ocean rescue, ala Baywatch (minus the montage).
Much was learned at camp today. In addition to learning how to paddle out and stand on a surf board we learned about “boobies.” Apparently there was a point in the day where the kids got to bury their male instructors in the sand and turn them into mermaids—-atomically correct mermaids. Apparently when the instructors said they would rather be MerMEN, a few of the boys didn’t want to part with the large boobies they constructed and as Bear helpfully pointed out to me, “they didn’t have any material on them.”
As in the sand “boobies”.
Nice.
I’m so glad I missed that.
I don’t know what upsets me more.
The fact I’m paying $200 per child for surf lessons where they construct boobies,
Or the fact they’ve learned the slang term, boobies.
Hopefully tomorrow’s class will have more to do with surfing and less about constructing the female anatomy in sand.
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I'd write a coherent comment here, but I'm laughing to hard! Sorry… Maybe tomorrow's lesson will be a little more focused on actually surfing!
No way! A $200 boobie lesson, I could have taught them that for free!
(It is kind of funny though, hee hee)
I'm surprised they didn't already know that term because well, babies do drink from them and living in Florida I imagine they are everywhere!
But man, it does irk me for “grownups” even talk about such things to little kids that they don't know (or even do know!).
Ok-At first I totally laughed at this too (sorry). But, I thought about it and, as a Mom, I would feel the same way you do! Spending money on a one week surf camp- the instructors should realize the parents are looking for quality and their moneys worth especially if they want repeat customers! Their behavior and the activities they planned were completely unprofessional!
Hey Marsha,
Surprisingly I haven't had occasion to discuss “boobies” with my children. I have not nursed any of my children (I wasn't able to) so I haven't had to discuss it. I think ONCE my son poked me in the chest and said, “What is that” and I said my breast and that was the end of it.
We had a college sitter who wore revealing tops and my boys were “fascinated” but after I spoke to her, she covered up, and all was well in the world.
I guess I didn't care for the fact that they were constructing boobies out of sand on the beach and talking about them like that.
Pooba,
Thanks for offering to save me money.
I'll consult with you for the birds and the bees lesson.
Think up a cool camp name and we are there next year! LOL
Well, leave it to boys to be boys. Maybe some of the other kids that did the whole “boobie” thing (especially if the men said they wanted to be mer-men) and they know NOT to get into that anymore and the rest of the week will be spent surfing instead of burying!
Which beach are they taking lessons at? We saw a camp yesterday while we were south of the pier. A lady sat down next to us and took her top off!! They really could've had a real boobie lesson! First time I've seen that in the 12 years I've been here. We were shocked! My friend asked the lifeguard to say something since she had her 11 year old son with her (I know, that whole another culture thing could come up, but it's not the culture here!!).