Four-Year-Old Wisdom

• On horses: The 4-year-old knows that there is a type of horse that is larger and stronger than a regular horse. You and I would call it a draft horse. But, she doesn't quite call it that. Tonight she wanted to play "giraffe horse," with me as the giraffe horse. I thought it was cute.


• On Cesarean Sections: She said something like, "[A friend from preschool] said that sometimes to get the baby out, they take the Mommy to the hospital and cut off her bellybutton and take the baby out and then put on a new bellybutton." I don't think that's quite correct, but maybe not too bad for one four-year-old to another.