Boys Versus Girls

Today has been the day of boys versus girls. We were listening to Free to Be You and Me in the car on our way to a play date this morning. Specifically, we were at the part in Boy Meets Girl where he says, "You're bald. Bald, bald, bald. You're bald as a ping pong ball are you bald!"

Ruby: Boys are bald and girls have hair.
Me: Most of the time. But, girl babies can be bald. You were bald when you were a baby.
Ruby: But now I big and I have hair.
Me: Yes, you have long hair now.
Ruby: And when I grow up, I going to be...myself!
Me (confused by the transition): Sure. You can be yourself.
Ruby: I going to be myself!
Me: Sounds good.
Ruby: I GOING TO BE MYSELF!
Me: Perfect.
Ruby: When I grow up, I going to be a big girl like Stella, Annika, Rachel, and...Jason!

After swimming with Liam, Ruby had to go to the bathroom. Naturally, I took her in to the women's restroom. She noticed the floor was wet.

Ruby: Why the floor wet?
Me: Someone else walked in here with wet feet. It was probably Liam.
Ruby: This the boys potty?
Me: No, this is the girls potty but Liam was with his mommy so they came in here.
Ruby: This the boys potty?
Me: No, but little boys and girls have to go with their parents. Since Liam is with his mommy, he had to go in the girls potty.
Ruby: This the boys potty?
Me: No. It's kind of like when you go to the potty with daddy. Even though you're a girl, you have to go in the boys potty because daddy is a boy.
Ruby: This the boys potty?
Me: Let's go eat lunch.

After swimming, the kids were changing back into their clothes. Liam went upstairs but came back down naked. I took Ruby into the bathroom.

Ruby: What's on Liam's bottom?
Me: I don't know. Was their something on his bottom?
Ruby (running out of the bathroom pointing to Liam's boyhood): What's that?
Liam's mommy (looking out from the kitchen): I'll let Ruby's mommy answer that =)
Ruby: Mommy, what's that?
Me: That's a penis. Boys have penises and girls don't.
Ruby (silent but still looking).
Me: Does mommy have a penis?
Ruby: No.
Me: Does daddy have a penis?
Ruby: Yeah.
Me: Does baby Louis have a penis?
Ruby: No.

And that's our lesson on boys versus girls according to a 3 year old.