It's a hard girl's life

It was 90 degrees outside today, and we saw a guy bicycling past without wearing a shirt. Gwenchik watched him pass, envious.
Gwen: I don't like being a girl.
Me: Why?
Gwen: Boys don't have to wear shirts, can pee standing up, and don't have to give birth. Life isn't fair.

Nice to be a girl

Walking around Central Sq in Cambridge ...
Gwen: It is nice to be a girl.
Me: Why do you think so?
Gwen: Girls can wear skirts or pants, their hair long or short and any jewelry and NOT  look weird.

Alice in Wonderland

From Veronika (on the drive to childcare):
Gwen: Do you know that Alice is a big girl?
Veronika: ?
Gwen: Yes, she is a big girl. She knows how to read books. She knows what to do when visiting. She does not eat sweets. She knows how to count and every letter.

 I think she may be 5 years old

Veronika: Does she know how to speak Russian?
Gwen: No, but I do.
Veronika: How did you meet Alice?
Gwen: She is in the cartoons.
Veronika: Is she Alice from the Wonderland?
Gwen: Yes. She is my big sister.