We now have scripted chats that start in the driveway and continue all the way down Mud Hole Road to Discovery Bay.
Alecia: Get in the car.
Delaney: No, Mommy. Me drive.
Hayden: No, Meese (me).
Mike: Mommy's driving. Get in the car. You're going to school.
Wrangle them into car seats. Find sippy cups, reading material, school bag, changes of clothes, shoes, extra juice, etc.
Delaney: Bobbie (blankie)?
Hayden: Wah Wah (blankie)?
Delaney: No, me Bobbie.
Hayden: No, Meese.
Get going down the road after re-distributing the Bobbies.
Alecia: Let's listen to Old MacDonald.
Hayden: Beese (please)!
Delaney: No, AC's (ABC's).
Hayden: Beese (again)!
Reach the big hill, where months ago we saw a truck stuck in the mud.
Hayden: Truhk. Stuck. Mutt.
Delaney: We di 'id! (We got down hill without getting stuck in the dust ourselves).
Hayden: Mutt.
Round the first corner.
Hayden: No dows.
Delaney: No cows 'day.
Alecia: No cows today. Where are they?
Hayden: Awful.
Alecia: They're eating waffles?
Delaney: No!
Hayden: Dass.
Alecia: They're eating grass?
Hayden: Yes. Blue.
Alecia: No, the grass is green.
Hayden: No, blue.
Reach the half-way point.
Delaney: Boo boo. Medcin. On.
Alecia: You have a boo boo?
Delaney: Yes, Aynee di it (Hayden did it).
Hayden: No. Buh Wo.
Alecia: You see a bulldozer?
Hayden: Yes. Blue.
Delaney: Booboo medcin! On!
Alecia: No, the bulldozer is yellow. You don't have a boo boo.
Hayden: Yayoo.
Delaney tries again.
Delaney: Buh No work. Bahrries.
Alecia: The book doesn't work? It needs batteries?
Delaney: Yes. Daddy fix it.
Hayden keeps his focus.
Hayden: Truhk. Big.
Alecia: You see a big truck?
Hayden: Big. Blue. Bye bye. Truhk.
Hayden perks up.
Hayden: Ahpillur!!!
Alecia: Where, you see a helicopter?
Hayden (sighing): No. Truhk.
Delaney tries one more time.
Delaney: Me Warrings.
Alecia: When you're grown up you can wear earrings.
Hayden: Dicoke!
Alecia: Yes, grown-ups drink diet coke.
Delaney: Me Dicoke!
And so it goes.
Sometimes, all this gabbing wears them out. As precious as the conversation is, the silence is priceless, too.
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