DNA

"But Mom, does the sperm have REAL directions on it? Like are the instructions for the baby all written out all over it so tiny that we can't see?" - E

On a side note, how to get this kid off of her sperm hangup and realize that the egg is equally important DNA-wise? I swear she still thinks the dad gives the directions and the mom grows the baby, no matter how many times I tell her half the instructions come from the egg. OWN IT, Elly! You've got massive baby directions waiting in your ovaries right now!!! (Is this my progeny's version of penis envy?)

Signing and cussing

Kes holds out her thumb, forefinger, and pinky, and says, "Mommy, what does this mean?"
Me: "I love you."
Kes: closes up the pinky "And what does that mean?"
Me: "That's an L."
Kes: closes her fist and holds up her middle finger "What does that mean?"
Me: "That's a bad word sign that people use to tell other people that they're really mad at them."
Elly: "What's the word???"
Me: "I don't want to tell you the word because it's not appropriate for children to use it."
Kes: "Is it poopy-butt?"
Me: "No, you have never heard it before because grown-ups don't use it around children."
Elly: "Is it poo-gas?"
Kes: "Is it tuchis-boofer?"
Elly: "Is it booty-bumper?"
Kes: "Is it poopy-booty?"
Elly: "Is it poo-poo guns? Is it stupid-butt?"
And so on...