Endless conversation

A. is usually very quiet when we're out and about. She's a bit more talkative around people she knows. But when it's just the family -- especially just A. and I -- she talks endlessly.

I transcribed the last 5 minutes of her bath tonight. She usually just sits in the tub and babbles as I stand at the counter and read or web surf, helping as she requests. I had to leave out some of the repetition, but hopefully the flavor of it will come across. I stopped transcribing when she started demanding to come out of the tub.

Daddy hungry. Daddy hungry. (unintelligible) More. (She eats bubbles)

Foot foot foot. ? want. ? want.

Horn. Rhyme rhyme rhyme. Dance. (She sings the song we sing when brushing her teeth) da da dadada da da. Brush teeth. Out.

Trouble. Trouble. Done done done.
Hang hang hang (she attempts to hang the bath net).
Up top. Up top.
One. Here! Help. (Still trying to hang it)
Heh. Silly.
Done hang! Done hang! Done done done (hands me the net).

Turtle. Mommy turtle. (She has a mommy turtle bath toy and 2 baby turtles).
Age age age. Baby. Baby baby. Toddler! Baby toddler baby toddler. Age.
[A.] age? (I tell her she's 1)
Mommy turtle? Mommy turtle? (I tell her she's 30)
Baby turtle? [A.] turtle? [A.] turtle?
Mommy say? Mommy say?

Feet.
Friend friend friend friend friend.

Mommy thirty. Mommy say.

Bunnies? (Graham cracker bunnies she gets in the bath) Please? Bunny please? Bunny please? (I give her bees -- we're out of bunnies)
No more. No more. I do not!
Nummy! Nummy tummy. Nummy tummy. Nummy tummy.
More? Bees? More bees?
(I count out 6, tell her no more)
No more!

Soap. Soap. Soap eyes. (I ask if the soap gets in her eyes)
Yes!
Wash eyes. Wash eyes! Wash eyes! Wash eyes.

Kiss. Kiss. Kiss. (She kisses the mommy turtle)
Nose rub. Nose rub. (She rubs noses with the mommy turtle)

Crash Jr.

Poor A has had a rough time recently. The family got wiped out by a nasty cold that left A and I sick for over a week.

Then, just after recovering from that, she stepped on a piece of broken light bulb and had a "boo-boo foot". That didn't slow her down much, luckily.

The next day, during some overly-enthusiastic bouncing at Big Bounce Fun Zone, JJ bounced her feet out from under her and she fell badly. She tweaked her knee and spent two days barely walking. She's back to a barely-noticeable limp now.

Still, it's been a rough few weeks. I think we partially made up for it when JJ took her to the Magic Kingdom for a long day of rides (off-season and cold weather means short lines). I really hope things calm down for a bit now.

Another blog

I've started another blog. This one is public, so I'll avoid too much identifying information. Its focus will be on the projects and work I'm doing as I "homeschool" A. I've just been keeping it for a few days, but you can keep an eye on it at http://homemade-homeschool.blogspot.com.