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MOTI was just teasing .
MOTMommy's sleepy .
MOT*MOT: are you excavating ?
MOTno .
MOTdo you need something to scoop ?
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MOTwhat does it do Child ?
MOTwhat do you do with that ?
MOT*MOT: are you digging the tread ?
MOTno .
MOTwhat are you doing ?
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MOTare you digging the tread ?
MOTno .
MOT*MOT: what are you doing ?
MOTwhat ?
MOTare you whispering ?
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MOTwhat are you doing ?
MOTwhat ?
MOT*MOT: are you whispering ?
MOTyou tell Observer you learned how to whisper, and you really like whispering, don't ya ?
CHImommy .
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INVis it called a back hoe ?
CHIyeah .
MOT*MOT: and do you remember what those little bumpy things at the bottom of it are called ?
CHIthey're called teeth .
INVteeth ?
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MOTbecause I don't know if they're judging him, I mean I've watched every day with Child, so I, ya know, I know what's on it .
MOTI don't know if they judge him because he's a little bit effeminate and all that .
MOT*MOT: <I don't know if that's why they think> [//] <I'm not sure if that's> [//] the things he talks about are fascinating .
CHI[- says this at the same time as MOT says the above] Momma xxx .
INVmmhm .
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MOTat least that I wouldn't .
INVmhm: .
MOT*MOT: he was talking about the first day of school, about a couple a days before school started, and he wasn't talking about how children feel about going to school, but how their mommies feel when the children are at school, and the fact that their mommies (wi)ll miss them, and what their mommies might be doing while they're at school .
MOTjust, you know, just interesting things .
INVmhm, mhm .
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MOTyeah, twice .
MOTit's on at eight o'clock in the morning, and five o'clock .
MOT*MOT: and there are repeats .
MOTthe one that's on at five o'clock at night is the same one that's on the following morning .
INVI see .
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MOTit's on Sunday, I think too .
CHImom +...
MOT*MOT: Child, what are you building over there .
CHII'm buildin(g) a digger .
MOTyou're building a digger ?
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CHIyes .
INVis it right by your house that it happened ?
MOT*MOT: are you hiding ?
CHIdis is where you dump it .
MOToh, that's where you dump it, okay .
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CHIxxx the old pipes .
MOToh, okay .
MOT*MOT: those are the old pipes .
MOTit's funny about this .
MOTall my friends that have kids his age, I can't understand what they say .
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MOTmothers can always understand .
CHIno dats da new paint .
MOT*MOT: and most of the things, I mean, I think that he says are very clear .
INVyes .
MOTbut sometimes they're not, (be)cause xx can't understand them .
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INVactually Child, I brought something new this time .
INVI brought a book that I thought maybe you and Parent might like to look at together .
INV*INV: would you like to see some of the things that are in the book ?
INVthere's one page here, in particular, that I thought might interest you .
MOTyou love books, huh Child ?