Ava has been very into using the word "father" lately. She's keeps saying things like, "Where is my father?" and, "I'm going to upstairs to see my father!"

Today she said to me, "Mommy, I am NOT your father!"

Um...thanks for the news flash, Darth Vader...

Actually, come to think of it, she is into using all of the proper family names: father, mother, son, and daughter. Only she uses "son" and "daughter" interchangeably, and she has informed me on several occasions that she is my son. We're working on it.

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Ava: "Mommy, let's talk."

Me: "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

Ava: "About how CJ got out of your tummy."

Me: (I pause, considering how much information a 3-year-old needs/can understand) "The doctors took him out."

Ava: "Oh, okay!"