MORE CONVERSATIONS

at dinner:
me: pearl, are you eating?
pearl: yes mommy.
me: pearl... are you eating or playing?
pearl: i'm playing mommy.

more dinner:
me: pearl, can you eat your taco.
pearl: yes, mommy, it's delicious. i want more.
me: good eating pearl!
pearl: i have a tummy ache.
me: pearl, stop eating. do you want to lie down on the couch?
pearl: no, i want to eat my taco!

more "eating":
bc3: pearl, tell mommy what you ate today...
pearl: a boogie, mommy.
me: a boogie? you ate a boogie from your nose? did it taste good?
pearl: no, it didn't.

coming home from california:
me: hey girls, i got you a present from california.. it's a horsie. what are you going to name your horsies?
pearl: it's canifornia horsie!
lily: what the what horsie!!
me: what's a what the what horsie honey?
lily: it's what the what horsie!
me: what? ok, never mind.

another gift from canifornia:
me: girls, i got you these cupcake stickers from california!
pearl: yook (look) mommy, i'm feeding cupcakes to my canifornia horsie.
me: very good pearl.