Recent conversations I had with my nephews, Jonathan (3.5 years old) and Will (2 years old)
WILL: Shuu... Shuu.. Shuu...
TIM: Shoe?
WILL: Shuu... Shuu
TIM: You want to play with my shoe?
WILL: Shuu... Shuu (picks up my shoe, runs around for 15 seconds)
TIM: Shoe.
WILL: (throws shoe at dumptruck) Tee... Tee... Tee
TIM: Tee?
WILL: Tee! Tee... Tee... Tee
TIM: Tea?
WILL: Tee! (smacks hand on table next to shredded cheddar cheese)
TIM: Oh,
cheese. Cheese.
WILL: Tee! (picks up handful of shredded cheddar cheese and shoves it in my mouth)
TIM: Mmmmmm...
WILL: Pop-pop... Pop-pop...
TIM: Pop-pop?
WILL: Mike... Mike...
TIM: No, I'm Tim. I'm your uncle Tim.
WILL: Teh.
TIM: Yup, Tim.
WILL: Teh.
TIM: Tim.
WILL: Shuu... Shuu... Shuu... (picks up my shoe again, runs off)
JONATHAN: You eat poopies. You like to eat stinky poopies.
TIM: No, you like to eat poopies.
JONATHAN: No, you.
TIM: No, you.
JONATHAN: No, YOU.
TIM: No, you.
JONATHAN: No, YOU!
TIM: No, YOU like to eat poopies.
JONATHAN: No, YOU like to eat poopies!
TIM: No.
JONATHAN: Yes.
TIM: No.
JONATHAN: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
TIM: No.
JONATHAN: Yes! You like to eat poopies! You! You! You! You!
TIM: No.
JONATHAN: You! Yes, you!
TIM: (looking away)
JONATHAN: Let's play trucks.
TIM: OK!
(the sound of someone hitting someone)
WILL: (crying)
TIM: What happened?
JONATHAN: I didn't hit Will.
Other things I learned in conversations with Jonathan:
- Dinosaurs like to eat pizza
- Jonathan likes to eat pizza
- A boy lion lives behind the entertainment center in Jonathan's house
- Jonathan's car is not a car, it is a house
- My name is actually "Mitchy"
