Deodorant

Last week Braden came home from school and said, "Mom, next week at school we are going to watch a movie about, you know, THE TALK". Thankfully, Talmage and I had already had "the talk" with Braden in great detail a couple of years ago. Really, the school was just going over a few of the changes that occur as they start puberty. So, Braden came home with his own bag of goodies - one of which was a stick of deodorant. That night before bed he put on the deodorant and WHEW was it strong! We had a little talk about when we use deodorant and now he very proudly puts on his deodorant everyday. The house smells like cheap aftershave. I'm not sure I am ready for this, but it is cute to see him trying to be so grown-up. I just feel sorry for his school teacher who probably has a room full of stinky 11 year old boys!