Benjamin Babble II

Scene: Listening to The Beach Boys in the car (borrowed from friends) and the song Fun, Fun Fun (until Daddy takes the T-Bird away) comes on. It ends.
Benjamin: "Again. The Daddy Take the Kefir Away song."

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Scene: Telling me what they do/sing in preschool. Starts in on saying the Pledge of Allegiance + a song that they sing to follow. Recites the whole thing, not accurately, but surprisingly well for his age!
Benjamin: "Pledge Allegiance to the Flag ... Red white and blue, I love you. Your flag and my flag, red white and blue... okay put your flags away and go to your seats."

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Scene: Opening kitchen cabinet doors and stacking Tupperware and such, talking to sister.
Benjamin: "Claire Mae Wilson, this is a factory (loves calling her by her full name)."

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Scene: Leaving Benjamin with my parents (in Arizona) to go for a 3-hr hike (who he loves and has never fought to be left with ANYONE, he's that chill). We get down the hall and hear him wailing. Return and he was in the process of losing his mind.
Me: "We're just going for a walk and will be back in a bit, but we can't take you."
Benjamin: "You can take me and push me in the stroller."
Me: "No, the stroller can't come on this walk."
Benjamin: "Yes it can. You can push it."

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Scene: Claire falls and bumps her head on the nightstand, making her look like we beat her. Which we don't, in case my obsession with her wasn't clear. Benjamin is on the bed about 5 ft. away. Comes down from bed once he hears her crying.
Benjamin: {comes over and embraces her} "I'm going to help Claire." (this empathy thing is RARE and totally amazing when it happens!)

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Scene: Driving away from Dad's work after having lunch with him.
Benjamin: "I want Daddy be in the car, too, but Daddy's at work."

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Scene: Talking about a movie he saw at Redbox that he wanted to rent (Barbie Princess), because it's pink and he loves pink.
Benjamin: "I cannot watch Barbecue Princess. Barbecue Princess is not good for my belly (I tell him it's not good for his brain, because BARBIE. He must have confused it with things I tell him aren't good to have too much of-- sweets.)"

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Scene: Driving home from the train restaurant tonight.
Benjamin: "Do you not have a penis, Mommy? Mommy does not have a penis. Claire does not have a penis. Benjamin and Daddy have a penis. Claire, do you have a wugina?"
Claire: "No (she says no to everything, because she doesn't know to answer any other way)."
Benjamin: "Mommy, Claire say no, she doesn't have a wugina."

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Benjamin Babble

I love reading these and don't write down nearly enough of them myself. I managed to write down these recent ones... and since he doesn't nap anymore (like, at all), it's hard for me to find time to post them. But, here they are. Snippets of my day with this three-for-one-week kiddo.

Scene: Bedroom in the morning
Benjamin (handing me a water bottle): Your pee-pee is lellow, Mommy. Drink your water. (He never saw my pee, but was parroting what I tell him.)
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Scene: Pushes Claire's back down while she's crawling. Crying ensues. Benjamin runs over to me immediately following.
Benjamin: Mommy, are you happy? (of course not and he knows it)
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Scene: Bathtub and he keeps accidentally dropping a bar of soap
Benjamin: Mom, someping is getting on my nerts!
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Scene: Benjamin picking up food Claire intentionally dropped to the floor from her highchair and putting it back on her tray.
Benjamin: Do you want to not do this again, Claire?
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Scene: Playing with toy cash register and handing me fake cash.
Benjamin: Somepings in the cash register. Money is in there. It has a 5 on it. I going to buy the couch.
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Scene: Mom cooking dinner, Benjamin playing in living room.
Benjamin (yells): Mom! I need you in the living room!
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Scene: Benjamin's bedroom just after waking in the morning.
Benjamin: I want Claire to join me on my bed.
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Scene: In the car, holding a CD and having difficulty pulling it through his tight carseat straps (good!)
Benjamin: This is making me mad. This is annoying me.
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Scene: Mom and Dad's bed in the morning.
Benjamin (going in for a hug): I'm going to capture you!
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Scene: Holding his torn blanket (that was torn during a recent evening he wouldn't go to sleep).
Benjamin: I want you to fix it. I want you get a screwdriver.