Paging Dr. Ava

Earlier today, we were on the phone with my mom...

Me: "Ava, do you want to go to the hospital with Mimi and see where she works?"

Ava: "Yes!"

Mimi: "Do you want to help me take care of the sick kids?"

Ava: "Yes, I want to take their hearts!"

My mom and I were almost crying...I pretty sure she confused listening to their hearts (which she likes to do to people with the stethoscope my mom gave her) with taking their temperatures (something else she enjoys doing)...it's either that or we are going to have to start calling her Hannibal.

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I bought Ava a little mesh bag of chocolate pumpkins today at Fresh Market...

Ava: "Here Mommy, this piece of chocolate is for you!"

Me: (kind of surprised, as Ava isn't into sharing food) "Aww, thank you, honey! What's this for?"

Ava: "It's for doing a good job!"

Not sure what exactly I was doing that was so good, but it was a sweet gesture. And good chocolate. ;o)

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Remember the dead butterfly from a couple of weeks ago? Ava found him again...

Ava: "Look, it's my little butterfly friend! He's feeling better today!"

Me: "Um, no, sorry, he's still dead."

Ava: "Well...he's feeling a little better?"

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Me: "Ava, it says on your weekly report from school that you guys had a veterinarian come in and talk to you! That's so cool! What did they talk about?"

Ava: "Oh, they said I could play with the animals!"

Me: "What kind of animals?"

Ava: "Bears. And lions."

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This actually happened a few months ago but for some reason, it popped into my head today: we were driving somewhere and as usual, the roads were full of idiot drivers...

Me: "Oh. you idiot!!!"

Ava: "Mommy, you shouldn't say that."

Me: "Yeah, you're right, honey, it isn't nice to--"

Ava: "You should say, 'FREAKIN' JERK!"

Me: "Well, no....Mommy shouldn't call anybody any names."

Holy crap....yeah, she got it from me, oops! Lesson learned, the most I do now is say, "Are you kidding me?!" to the idiot drivers...