Listen Up

Lucy: Why do I have to listen to directions?
Me: Because when you get to kindergarten it's going to be really important to follow directions.  There will be lots of kids and the teacher won't be able to repeat things over and over.  She's just going to say, "okay, time to go outside" and then everyone goes outside.  If you don't listen the first time you'll be all alone in the classroom while everyone else goes outside to play.
Lucy:  (after a few minutes of silence) I'm going to get left behind a lot, huh?

She's a keeper

Lucy: Why am I so skinny?
Me: Well, it's not a bad thing.  Lots of women like to be called skinny.
Lucy: Mom, you're pretty skinny too.
Me:  Really?  Why do you say that?
Lucy: Because you have been working out really hard.

I think I'll keep her.

Being a Mommy

Lucy said, "I know what I want to be when I grow up--a Mommy because it's the best. But it's so, so hard because kids whine so much!"

Scare Mommies Club

Lucy:  I've created a new club, called the Scare Mommies Club.
Me: Oh, yeah?  Is that for Halloween?
Lucy:  Yes.
Me: What do you do in your club?
Lucy: We take watering cans and pour water on rugs. And hide our toothbrushes.

Indeed, she knows how to strike fear into the heart of every mom.

Captain Bread Hook

Puce

Lucy:  That color looks like Annie poop.
It was an accurate description.

Future Nurse of America

Me: Why are there pieces of masking tape on Annie's head?
Lucy: Because I am playing nurse and those are bandaids.

Not pictured: very nearly testing Annie's reflexes with a real hammer.

This is why I am afraid to go to the bathroom.