I'm driving my mini-van to the grocery store to stock up on soy milk, yogurt and orange juice -- our three family staples. If any of these items run out, my life gets turned upside down. My preschooler melts down if the vanilla soy milk is gone, my kindergartener freaks out if the yogurt is out and my husband becomes instantly cranky without his OJ. I on the other hand make due on water, the last bit of cereal in the box and my kid's leftovers.

But seeing that we're low on our necessary products, I'm on my way to the store. My girls are in the back silently looking out their windows, noticing the spring blossoms, the jogger running by and some kid on a skateboard. Then the silence breaks: "Mom, do sharks have bum holes?"

Uh, I respond. "Yeah, hunny, sharks have to go poopy too." "Where is it?," she says inquiringly. Now, to be honest, I haven't really ever thought about a shark's bum hole. So at this given moment, I have to think about it. "Well," I begin. "I think it's on their belly side below the tail fin."  I was feeling pretty good about that answer.

The discussion continues... "How much does a shark poop?" "Well, sharks are pretty big, but I'm not sure," is my reply. Really now. How much do sharks poop? Do they do that long skinny trail of poop like goldfish do? "Mom, do sharks pee?"

Oh good. We're at the grocery store! Time to divert attention to soy milk, yogurt and orange juice!

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