5 yr olds are pretty smart

olivia: mom, do horses have belly buttons? cuz you know they don't hatch from an egg.
me: well, i guess they must have a belly button then.
olivia: ya, that's what i thought. i think i read that in a book.
(sounds like some good late night reading!)

the next day...
olivia: mom, cows must have belly buttons too...and dogs and cats.

then i got to thinking, can that be true? obviously they don't hatch from an egg, but how does the whole belly button/umbilical cord thing work? i'm envisioning a cat giving birth to a large litter...who cuts the cords? are they just left dangling around on all the baby kittens?

and what about animals born in the wild? and on those nature shows you just see the horse/giraffe/deer being born and immediately it starts walking around all on it's own. where is the umbilical cord?

well it turns out olivia was right and i was just over thinking nature.
click here for the explanation...

wow, i bet you are thinking this that is one of my best posts yet. ha ha! i know, i should write about more interesting things like my new addiction to boomshine (thanks sarah!) or post pictures of ryan's 1st haircut... well, ryan did have to wait 15 months to get his haircut...so you can wait another day or so :)