Conversations with a 2 year old
Lily: Daddy, i wanna see ‘din-sers murching’
Me: What??
Lily: i wanna see din-sers murching
Me: You wanna what??
Lily: um, see din-sers murching. I wanna watch din-sers-murching, p[l]ease
Me: You wanna watch what now? Din-sers murching???
Lily: yeeeaas. I wanna watch Din-sers murching on the TV!!
Me: Lily, what is “Din-sers-Murching?”
Lily: uuuuumm… I wanna dance - Din-sers - murch.. TV (begins marching and stomping around the room)
Me: Oh… You want to watch “Dinosaurs marching?” (Laurie berkner video/DVD)
Lily: YEEEEAAAAASSSSS!
Me: Well, why didn’t you say so?
Lily: Oh, ok. Din-sers murching on TV now, oKAY daddy????
Me: Yes, ma’am
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Lily:Daddy, I want some Cer-der (cereal)
Me: Ok, which cereal do you want? This one?
Lily: No - I want the cer-der my school.
Me: say what now?
Lily: I eat cer-der my school - I want cer-der my school
Me: Lily, we’re not at school; were at home…
Lily: [big overextended fake cry]
Me: What’s wrong Lily?
Lily: I sad.
Me: You’re sad? why, what happened?
Lily: [sniff] I miss my school