Gross Anatomy

Thoughts on the human body, at a very practical level, courtesy of Anna:

• While her class was at the park, Anna told her preschool teacher that she had to make a pee. Her teacher asked her if she could hold it.
  Anna looked up at her and said thoughtfully "Yes, I can..."
  And then putting her hand out flat in front of her belly button, she followed up with "... the pee is only down to here."
• While we were playing at home, Anna told me she had an idea in her brain. I asked her what it was. She told me "I can't tell you Mommy, because it is only down to here!" and she pointed to her eyes.
  And she made me wait a solid 10 minutes for that thought to make the trip (through her sinus cavity?) down past her nose until it was finally able to come out of her mouth.

But there are also times when Anna wants to really know what is going on inside of you. If she is playing doctor, for instance, and you happen to be the stuffed animal/patient on the examining table, look out! She had horsie on the examining pillow the other day, and as she raised her toy scalpel above him she said solemnly "First we have to see what's going on in his bones..."