Truisms

It was 5 pm when we left the mall yesterday--dinnertime.  I wanted to go home.  They wanted to go see Daddy at his friends' house because our new dog was playing with their dog.  (Did I mention we have a dog?  I'd post a photo but my camera is in need of repair.  He's a perfect fit for us, though).  We negotiated.

I said: "We can only be there for 10 minutes, then we have to go home.  Ten minutes is a very short visit.  That means that when I say it's time to go, you both say, 'Okay, Mom.'  Do you understand my words?"

R2 and C2:  "Yes.  Hurray!"

Me:  "Okay, so if you two forget and say you're not ready to go when I say it's time, what do I get?"

R2:  "One hundred and twenty kisses."

C2:  "Upset."

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R2 went with R1 to get dinner last night (it really was only a 10 minute visit).  While they were waiting for our food, R2 said to R1: "Dad, do you know why they call it 'the mall?'"

R1: "No, I don't know.  Why?"

R2: "Because it has them all."

R1:  "What do you mean it has the mall?"

R2:  "It has them all."  (She said to me later, "It has them all.  Everything.")

R1:  "Oh!"

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C2 said to me this afternoon: "Mom, do you know what  'blah, blah, blah' means?"

Me: "No, what does it mean?"

C2: "You say it when you talking to Mom or Dad.  Mom or Dad talk and you say 'blah, blah, blah.'"