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Overheard last night at dinner:

 

I will replace all the kids names with different names.  I could write a book of these; I just try to transcribe in real time and then email my mom and sister.

"James" is 7, "Jack" is 2, "Anne" is 4.

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James: "Jack is eating all of his meat pie because he is the biggest carnival."

Anne: (thinking this has been an insult): "Jack is not a carnidal!"
James: "Jack is definitely a carnival.  Do you even know what a carnival *is*?"
Anne: "Jack is NOT a CARNIDAL!"
James: "You don't even know what a carnival is.  A carnival is someone who is a masterpiece at eating meat."
Anne: "James, do you even know what a [indecipherable word] cookie is?"
James: "There's no such fing."
Anne: "It's someone who eats a lot of cookies."
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I am not sure if this is improving [Anne]'s vocabulary or just confusing her.

 

 

Hilarious!  I really miss the days of my boys being little!

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Overheard last night at dinner:

 

I will replace all the kids names with different names.  I could write a book of these; I just try to transcribe in real time and then email my mom and sister.

"James" is 7, "Jack" is 2, "Anne" is 4.

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James: "Jack is eating all of his meat pie because he is the biggest carnival."

Anne: (thinking this has been an insult): "Jack is not a carnidal!"
James: "Jack is definitely a carnival.  Do you even know what a carnival *is*?"
Anne: "Jack is NOT a CARNIDAL!"
James: "You don't even know what a carnival is.  A carnival is someone who is a masterpiece at eating meat."
Anne: "James, do you even know what a [indecipherable word] cookie is?"
James: "There's no such fing."
Anne: "It's someone who eats a lot of cookies."
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I am not sure if this is improving [Anne]'s vocabulary or just confusing her.

 

Oh, I think she's holding her own! 

 

My Dd8 corrected my grammar today.  "It's 'hanged', not 'hung', Mom."  I'm trying to remember which historical person we were discussing, but they got HANGED. 

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