Theo: ‘Mae-Mae, you’re my best friend.’
Mabel: ‘Why?’
Theo: ‘Because you’re a good Mae-Mae.’
I’m sorry. What did you just say?
Theo: ‘Mae-Mae, you’re my best friend.’
Mabel: ‘Why?’
Theo: ‘Because you’re a good Mae-Mae.’
Mabel: ‘Mama, is it Christmas? On Christmas I can eat chocolate. With my hands!’
Mabel: ‘My heart is a rainbow! Please clean my room!’
Alice: ‘Bubba, can you please go and get your hammer and wrench from the driveway?’
Theo: ‘…it’s not a wrench, Mama. It’s a spanner.’
Mabel: ‘Mama; Theo has a pemis?’
Alice: ‘Yes, darling. Theo has a penis.’
Mabel: ‘And Buzz Lightyear has a pemis?’
Alice: ‘For the purpose of this excercise, yes.’
Mabel: ‘Do I have a pemis?’
Alice: ‘No, darling. You have a vagina.’
Mabel: ‘I have a ‘gina?’
Alice: ‘That’s right. Girls have a vagina and boys have a penis.’
Mabel: ‘…book has a pemis?’
Alice: ‘No. A book is just a book.’
Mabel: ‘And a chicken has a body!’
Theo: ‘Mama! I need hammers on toast!’
Alice: ‘…Hammers?’
Theo: ‘Yes!’
Alice: ‘…on toast?’
Theo: ‘Nah, hummus.’
Mabel: ‘Mama; Bubba is scared!’
Alice: ‘Oh, no! What’s Bubba scared of, Darling?’
Mabel: ‘The Lion!’
Alice: ‘The Lion? Oh dear. Where is this Lion?’
Mabel: ‘On the front step!’
Alice: ‘The front step! How bold! What are we going to do?’
Mabel: ‘…We’ll put him in a basket…’
Alice: ‘Okay.’
Mabel: ‘…and put him on the bus!’
Alice: ‘The bus?’
Mabel: ‘Yes. That’s a good idea.’
Alice: ‘Another problem solved.’
Alice: ‘What would you like to eat, Mae?’
Mabel: ‘Rainbow Toast!’
Alice: ‘…I’m not sure that’s a thing…’
Mabel: ‘RAINBOW TOAST!
Alice: ‘Yes, Boss.’
Alice: ‘How do you spell appropriate? A. P. P. R. O. P. R. I. A. T. E?’
Mabel: ‘No! A. P. A. B. 83!
Alice: ‘Thank you’.
Mabel: ‘You’re welcome!’
Mabel: ‘There’s lots of animals, Mama.’
Alice: ‘That’s right, darling. There are all sorts of animals. Which are your favourite?’
Mabel: ‘The one’s in the T.V.’