men's bodies

I was just asking Sam when he thought his new baby cousin would be born (he's due tomorrow, so we're all eagerly waiting). He thought about it a bit, then said:
"For women I think having a baby is really hard, but for men, it's easy."
me: "Why do you think it's easy for men?"
Sam (again, after thinking for a bit): "Women's bodies have to do more than men's do. Men's bodies just have to do the sperm loving. That's all they have to do."

Ha. Not sure where he got that particular phrase, but he has a point. In fact, there's a bunch of evolutionary theory that's all related to this exact point, where mammals are concerned...

On Tuesday, Sam and Frida went to the beach with Stephanie and a couple of her friends. After they were back, tired out, happy, and not at all sunburned, I asked Sam what his favorite part had been. He liked kicking down all the sand castles they'd made (apparently they'd made a lot). He told me they kicked them down because kings are bad. Why, I asked. "Because they make bad rules." This is what happens when kids hang out with folks with anarchist tendencies. Hee hee. As long as it's kings they're talking about, and not our president, I'm not complaining.