Parents know everything

From Volodya, father of Gwen's playmate Fedya.
While hiking in the forest, the kids ran off, climbed onto huge boulders, and Fedya almost fell off one. Volodya helped him down, and told Fedya off for not listening the first time.
Gwen: Fedya, you need to listen to mama and papa, because they know everything.
Fedya: Well, not everything... there are some things that they don't know about.
Gwen: Maybe not everything, but naughtiness and foolishness they know everything about.
Fedya agreed.

Bed sharing

We were planning to go to Cape Cod for the long weekend with several families. Gwenchik heard me counting people and number of bedrooms to see how we will all fit in the house.

Gwen: Oh, Kolya is coming. Where will he sleep?
Me: In the second floor bedroom, there are two beds, so you and Kolya will share a room.
Gwen: He can sleep in my bed, than Nika can sleep in the other one.
Me: No sweety, you and Kolya will sleep in separate beds, and Nika will sleep with her parents.
Gwen: Why? You and dad sleep together.
Me: Yes, because we are married.
Gwen: So I have to wait until I get married? What if Kolya moves to another city?

Missing grandparents

From a conversation with my parents, who are in Moscow right now.
Gwen: When are you coming back to visit again?
Parents: We have a lot of things to do here, so as soon as we are done, we'll come over.
Gwen: Why don't I come and help you quickly with all those things, then you'll be here much quicker. Should I come over now?

Trappings of princehood

From George:
We were driving to day care one morning, and I was telling Gwenchik a story about knights and king Arthur, when she interrupted.
Gwen: Did you know that Lesha has a sword? And a shield. Lesha is my prince.
George: Really?
Gwen: He also has armor. And a pirate hat. That is why he is my prince.
George: Doesn't Fedya also have a sword and a pirate hat?
Gwen: Yes, he does. But he is not my prince. He is my friend, but not my prince.
George: And what about Kolya and Shane? Do they have swords and armor?
Gwen: No, they don't. They can be the guards outside the walls of my castle.

Endless presents

Since we got so many presents for Gwenchik's birthday, we agreed that we store them upstairs and she get to pick one present a week. It turned out more like one present a day. SO this morning, she wanted to open another present and I cautioned her and soon there will not be any presents left....

Gwen: There are still several on the couch upstairs.
Me: Yes, but that is it.
Gwen: Not really. You forgot that soon we will have Halloween, and I would walk around with a huge bucket, and get so many candies and then we will pile them up with the rest of the presents and that should last me till the next holiday.

Adorable

Gwenchik is just adorable regular self lately. And her main concern is when will she see Kolya again. We met at a friend's house on Monday and she is still talking about him a week later :)

Leaf adventure

Gwenchik nowadays gets a lot of homework: from English preK and Russian classes, and by the time she gets home she is really too tired to do anything. So, mostly we try to do everything on the weekend. But the English homework is given during the week, so normally we have to scramble to do it.

The last assignment was to collect leaves in different shapes and color! Oh, what an adventure. We got our flashlights and warm jacket,s and went wondering the streets. Even though you can easily see most of the leaves because of the street lights, Gwenchik played detective, scowering the sidewalk, than pointing her little flash light:

Gwen: Mom, look at this one. We would have missed it if it was not for my magic light.

How I long for the times of my life that needed magic for everyday use.

Work and money

On the way to the doctor's office, we were discussing work.
Gwen: Does 'work' go home to her kids in the evenings?
Me: No, work is really a building, were many people do important things then get paid and go home...
Gwen: Do they get paid coins or paper money
Me: Paper money
Gwen: I do not like paper money, as it doesn't fit into my piggy bank.

Banana boat

From George
Gwenchik is very imaginative and creative. On the way to day care she got a banana, but wasn't interested in eating it.
Gwen: This is a boat. A boat that can sail through water and air.
George: How does it sail through air?
Gwenchik: I wave my magic wand, and the birds come from all around, and I tie the banana-boat to them and that is how is sails.