Most Bizarre Bathroom Statement

I took Olivia into the bathroom while we were visiting the Science Center last week. It was about 11:00am. I'm not quite sure what made me think of this, but I asked her, "Is this the first time you've gone to the bathroom today?"
She replied, "Yes, I can hold my pee for a really long time. It's a blessing and a curse."

Generosity

Olivia: "Mom, I have 4 cents to give to Rachel, see."
(Rachel is her piano teacher, and we are leaving for piano lessons in about an hour.)
Me: "Oh, that's nice. Why are you giving Rachel 4 cents?"
Olivia: (shy smile) "Because I'm generous."
Me: "Yes, you are."
Although it's pretty funny to hear "generous" and "4 cents" in the same conversation, Olivia is actually very generous. What you don't know is that she gave her brother $5 last week for no reason, and those were her last 4 pennies.

Kidneys

Olivia and I were reading one of her favorite Usborne books, "See Inside Your Body" when she asked, "Do grown-ups have kidneys, too?"
I said, "Yes. Everyone has kidneys."
She replied, "Really?!" Then pointing to her knees, she said, "But these are real kid knees!"
I said, "No not kid knees.....kidneys. Wait that does sound the same."
In my 29 years of life, I never put that connection together!

When I Grow Up....

As we were driving home from dance the other afternoon, Olivia asked, "Mom, when you were a kid what did you want to be when you were a grownup?" (She's been talking about what she wants to be a lot lately.)
I said, "I always knew I wanted to be a mom."
She responded, "Just a mom? Not like a princess? Or a vegetarian?"
I can't remember how I responded to that. I believe I was at a loss for words.

The Lord's Prayer Phone Conversations

Olivia was walking around the house with her pretend phone up to her ear when I overheard her say, "Well......it won't lead her not into temptation, but it will deliver her from evil."

Olivia's Take on the "Bottom Line"

In the kids' favorite song in the movie The Lorax they sing, "shake that bottom line." When I asked Olivia what bottom line means, she said, "butt crack."

Well....I guess that is a bottom line, too!

Line Leader

After Olivia's 5th day of preschool, she came home proudly proclaiming that she was line leader yet again. This was her 3rd day as line leader after only 5 days of preschool! There are 12 students in her class! I asked her, "Why do you think you have been line leader so many times?"
Without missing a beat, she responded, "Probably because I'm the best at everything!"
Wow. No self-esteem issues here.