7/12/10
Can I get up now, Mom? Mom? Mom! I want to get up. Let’s get up.
How will I know when it’s 6:00? How long is 15 minutes?
Will you play with me? If you’re not going to play with me, then WHY did you get up?
I’m hungry, Mom. Corn cake AND cereal AND a bagel AND yogurt AND milk. Have you got any bacon?
I really could use some more milk.
No, I don’t want my toenails painted. No, no, no, no, no. Can I watch you paint your toenails? I wish you’d paint my toenails.
Watch this, Mom! Watch this! Watch!
Can we bake? Can I have sugar? Can I have butter? Can I taste salt? Can I taste baking soda? Can I lick the spoon? Can I lick the spatula? Can I lick the paddle? Can I lick the bowl?
I can do it! I can do it! I can do it! Will you do it, Mom?
Can we paint? I’ll draw a line and you can paint on one half and I’ll paint on the other. What should I paint, Mom? Do you like it? Is it pretty? What else should I paint? What should I paint now, Mom? I really wish I had yellow. How do you make brown?
Lookit, Mom! Lookit! Lookit! Mom, Mom! Lookit, lookit!
This pack of gum is my most favorite ever. Can I buy a pack of my favorite gum ever in the grocery store? Can I buy two? Can I have the olives with pits? Can I have a mozzarella ball? Can I have another mozzarella ball? Can I meet you in the toy aisle? Can I have Lucky Charms? Can I have yogurt-covered raisins? I don’t like these yogurt-covered raisins. Look, Mom! Colored straws! We need them! Can I have them? Can I meet you in the toy aisle? Can I have a big bouncy ball? Can I just play with the big bouncy ball until we get to the toy aisle? Lookit, Mom, lookit! NOW can I meet you in the toy aisle?
I don’t know which to get. Polly Pocket or Dora and the Pony. Can I have them both, Mom? Please? Please? Pllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?
I have to go to the bathroom. Is there a bathroom here?
When you’re done putting away the groceries, unloading the dishwasher, and making lunch, THEN will you play with me?
Pick a card, Mom. Any card, any card. Look at it. Show it to me. Put it back. Was THIS your card?
WHEN is lunch going to be ready?
Can I have some cereal? Is there any more?
I’m going to do a bridge-up. Watch this, Mom. Watch. I’m going to do a bridge-up. Watch, Mom, watch.
Where’s Dad? What’s he doing? I wish Dad were home.
Moooooooawhoahwhaoahhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I went pooooooooop!
Will you wipe me?
Will you come in the pool with me? Come in the pool with me, Mom. Mom! Watch this! Watch! Watch!
Are we going out to dinner? Is it time for dinner? When are we going out to dinner? Are we going out to dinner now?
Do you have any more rice?
Guess whether I have an ice cube in my mouth or not. Guess. Guess.
SOMEbody has to play with me. Not a toy. Somebody real.
Mom! Can I watch TV?
Mom! Can I have a treat?
Do I have to brush my teeth? Do I have to use the potty? Do I have to wash my hands?
Will you read another book? Will you tell me a story? Will you stay here with me until I fall asleep?
Good night, Mom.
I love you too, Mom.