Theo: ‘Mama, you are happy when you sing and dance and go round and round in your skirt!’
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Morning Alarm.
Theo: ‘Mama! Mae-Mae put it down the hole!’
It is 6am.
Alice: ‘Hmm? What, darling? What did Mae put down the hole? …What hole? What’s happening?’
Theo: ‘MAE PUT IT DOWN THE HOLE IN THE DECK!’
Alice: ‘There’s no need to yell, darling. What did Mae put down the hole?’
Theo: ‘…The thing.’
Alice: ‘What thing?’
Theo: ‘THE THING!’
I need a cup of tea.
Alice: ‘I don’t know what thing you mean, darling. You’ll have to explain it to me.’
Theo: ‘The…thing! What do you call it? What’s it’s name?’
Alice: ‘…I’m not sure, sweetheart, I didn’t see what happened. Where did you get the thing from?’
Theo: ‘…Your bag.’
Alice: ‘…It’s my Eftpos card, isn’t it?’
Theo: ‘…Yes.’
Hide and Seek.
Mabel: ‘Heh, heh. You’ll never find it now!’
I have no idea what she was talking about. But I bet it’s in the pot cupboard.
Never Stop Asking.
Theo: ‘Mama, what does this say?’
Alice: ‘Hmm? That says BBC World News.’
Theo: ‘BBC! Like the Teletubbies. Except just a logo.’
Sea Monsters and Sesame Seeds.
Theo: ‘The Cracker is coming to get you!’
Alice: ‘The Cracker?’
Theo: ‘THE CRACKER! THE CRACKER IS COMING TO GET YOU MAMA!’
Alice: ‘…a Cracker is coming to get me?’
Theo: ‘The Cracker! From under the sea!’
Alice: ‘…Oh! The Kraken! The Kraken from under the sea!’
Theo: ‘Yeah! …The Cracker!’
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This.
Theo: ‘Mama, where do my dreams come from?’
Alice: ‘Well…’
Theo: ‘They come out of the sky, out of the clouds and into my house and into my bed and into my noggin!’
Know Your Role.
Theo: ‘Mama, Mae-Mae is sad!’
Alice: ‘Oh dear, Bubba. Come on; let’s go cheer her up’
Theo: ‘No, you cheer her up! That’s your job!’
Funny Bone.
Theo: ‘Mama, what am I made of?’
Alice: ‘Well…’
Theo: ‘I am made of boy and body and strong!’
In Father Christmas We Trust.
Theo: ‘The Christmas Man! He wears Christmas shoes and a Christmas Hat! He says ho, ho, ho! He lives in the sky and he sees us all!’.
Damn the Patriarchy.
Theo: ‘I have a penis and a bottom. Otto has a penis and a bottom. Mama has a fanny and a bottom. Mae-Mae has a fanny and a bottom.’
Mabel: ‘No! I have a digger!’
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