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INVoh, the rest of the farm animals ?
INVlet's see if we can get them out .
INV*INV: o:h, there's the collie dog, and the horse, and the zebra .
MOTeven though you're a different face, the animals are making the link .
INVright .
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INVhere's another cement truck .
INVyou know what happens ?
INV*INV: they put the cement in there, and then this goes around and around and around, and it keeps the cement all mixed up .
INVwhat else do I have ?
INVo:h, did they show you the book ?
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INVthere he is .
MOTshow Parent the porcupine .
MOT*MOT: do you want to go over and show it to her ?
INVParent's gonna come and get it .
MOTcan I see the duck ?
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MOTshow Parent the porcupine .
MOTdo you want to go over and show it to her ?
INV*INV: Parent's gonna come and get it .
MOTcan I see the duck ?
MOTshow mommy the duck .
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MOThot dog .
MOToh boy .
MOT*MOT: and here's some pancakes .
MOTmommy made some of those last night, and nobody really cared about em too much .
INV0 [=! laughs] .
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MOToh boy .
MOTand here's some pancakes .
MOT*MOT: mommy made some of those last night, and nobody really cared about em too much .
INV0 [=! laughs] .
CHIwhat's that ?
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CHIbus .
MOT+< do you see a firetruck ?
MOT*MOT: and a bus ?
CHIxxx that bus right there .
CHIcooking .
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CHIright there .
MOThere's some kitty cats .
MOT*MOT: and what's this ?
MOTa big cow ?
CHIbig cow .
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MOTwhat's this ?
CHIpopcorn .
MOT*MOT: and what's this ?
CHIthat's the man .
MOTthat's not the man .
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MOTsee some pretzels ?
CHII see the picture .
MOT*MOT: here's pretzels and donuts .
CHIxxx donut xxx .
CHIxxx pretzels .
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MOTxxx .
MOTI don't like things with parts .
MOT*MOT: like all the Fisher Price toys, are little people and animals .
CHIlookit, Mommy !
MOTlet's see, what is it ?
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INVyou almost can't buy anything without batteries anymore .
MOTbatteries or else it all comes apart .
MOT*MOT: we used to try to keep everything on the shelves and it's just really hard to do that .
MOTmy husband got to be fanatic about it .
MOTand finally I said +"/.
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MOTwe used to try to keep everything on the shelves and it's just really hard to do that .
MOTmy husband got to be fanatic about it .
MOT*MOT: and finally I said +"/.
MOT+" what's the sense .
MOTthey've gotta play with it, and it's all going in baskets .
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MOTand finally I said +"/.
MOT+" what's the sense .
MOT*MOT: they've gotta play with it, and it's all going in baskets .
INVo:h, you've got the elephant .
MOThere's the porcupine .
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MOTI don't know why, I guess I just haven't had one for her .
MOTbut to her, that's really important to give her sister the blanket .
MOT*MOT: and I thought, well, how sweet to think, well, that'll comfort her, because that's what comforts her .
MOTwhen she gets hurt, she gets her blanket .
MOTshe gives Parent her blanket, and sometimes her teddy bear .
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MOTand I thought, well, how sweet to think, well, that'll comfort her, because that's what comforts her .
MOTwhen she gets hurt, she gets her blanket .
MOT*MOT: she gives Parent her blanket, and sometimes her teddy bear .
INV[- to Jamie's sister] hi .
INVhi there squirt .
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INV[- to Jamie's sister] hi .
INVhi there squirt .
MOT*MOT: they're as different as night and day .
INVare they ?
CHIMom, I want the book .
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INVare they ?
CHIMom, I want the book .
MOT*MOT: Parent's very quiet and easy going and Jamie, not now, but she gets really wound up, almost hyper, sometimes .
MOTshe does talk a lot .
INV[- to Jamie's sister] what are you doing ?
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INVlet's see .
INVdon't pull that thing out, cause you know what'll happen ?
INV*INV: all the air will come out of the duck, and then he'll be a flat duck .
MOThe won't squeak anymore .
INVwhat's that ?
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INVwhat's that ?
INVright there with the orange stripes ?
MOT*MOT: seems to me that those were twenty nine or thirty two dollars before, and now I think I saw them yesterday for twelve dollars .
MOTninety six .
INVwhat is it ?
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MOTyes you can .
MOThere .
MOT*MOT: put him in the boat and go for a ride, ok ?
CHIride .
MOTis that the zipper ?
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MOTyou want to show her, Investigator_one , what some of your toys are ?
MOTwhat's Jamie's toys ?
MOT*MOT: Parent's sister is eleven, and they play xx .
MOTit's like I feel it's all I can do to take care of them .
MOTand I was thinking the other day that we don't sit down and xx .
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MOTParent's sister is eleven, and they play xx .
MOTit's like I feel it's all I can do to take care of them .
MOT*MOT: and I was thinking the other day that we don't sit down and xx .
MOTbut like she doesn't know all her colors or her numbers and things .
MOTI know other people who have two year olds xx .
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MOTit's like I feel it's all I can do to take care of them .
MOTand I was thinking the other day that we don't sit down and xx .
MOT*MOT: but like she doesn't know all her colors or her numbers and things .
MOTI know other people who have two year olds xx .
MOTit's not like they're extra smart .
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MOTit's not like they're extra smart .
MOTit's just that people have taken time xx .
MOT*MOT: and she will pick up on things .
MOTif you tell her something, she'll remember it .
MOTbut I just haven't had the time .
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MOTif you tell her something, she'll remember it .
MOTbut I just haven't had the time .
MOT*MOT: I've been so busy with diapers, and keeping everybody clean, that I feel negligent in that way .
MOTwell, then I thought, she will pick up on it .
MOTit's a learned thing .
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MOTwell, then I thought, she will pick up on it .
MOTit's a learned thing .
MOT*MOT: colors are learned, and numbers, and xx .
INVcolors, I think, kids really don't get them down until they're five .
INVthey really have a hard time .
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MOThe's too big, see ?
MOTthe other day she was um xx, I have a little night light in the kitchen .
MOT*MOT: and she said +"/.
MOT+" Parent, see the light ?
MOT+" see the bear going up the stairs ?
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INVyou've said some sentences while I've been here .
INVI've heard you .
MOT*MOT: you'll just get used to her, and then she'll be gone .
MOTbe careful .
MOTyou'll choke .
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CHIxxx porcupine .
MOTshe likes those little dolls, because they're more easy to manage for her fingers .
MOT*MOT: she'll take em upstairs and sleep with them .
MOTshe's got little dogs and xx .
MOTmy daughter won em at Chuckey Cheese or something .
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MOTshe likes those little dolls, because they're more easy to manage for her fingers .
MOTshe'll take em upstairs and sleep with them .
MOT*MOT: she's got little dogs and xx .
MOTmy daughter won em at Chuckey Cheese or something .
CHII wanna go to Chuckey Cheese .
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MOTsee the girl ?
CHIthat's a man .
MOT*MOT: there's a man, and a mommy and a baby and a brother and a sister .
CHIxxx .
MOTsee red ?
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CHI+< what's that ?
MOTthose are strawberries .
MOT*MOT: and carrots .
CHII want some .
MOTwe'll get them at the store after a while, ok .
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MOTsee the turkey on the door ?
INVoh, you have a turkey ?
MOT*MOT: my mom was an art teacher, and xxx these things .
CHIChristmas tree .
MOTlast year Santa was +"/.
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MOTthere's a pineapple .
CHIpineapple .
MOT*MOT: pineapple and watermelon .
CHIwanna xxx .
CHIwant some .
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MOTshe touched the curling iron .
MOTthe second time in a week that she's touched it .
MOT*MOT: then the eleven year old gets in trouble, and she said +"/.
MOT+" why .
MOTI said, +"/.
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MOTit's not better ?
MOTxxx cut a hole in your pants .
MOT*MOT: Uncle Doug gave you this sweat suit, and it was in real good shape until you cut a hole in it with the scissors .
MOTdon't make it bigger .
MOTI'm gonna get you a kleenex for your nose, ok ?
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MOTnow you're gonna give her the horse to be nice .
MOTsee, that's how you are .
MOT*MOT: you're mean, and then you act nice afterwards, huh ?
CHIlook !
CHIlookit, Parent .
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CHIxxx [% in a sing song voice] .
MOTshe's just started singing lately .
MOT*MOT: she makes up these little songs, and sings aloud [=! laughs] .
INV[- to Jamie] are you biting that dog ?
MOTpoor dog .
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MOTwhere is the other dog ?
MOTis there another one ?
MOT*MOT: there's two horses and one dog, I think .
CHIwhere's another dog ?
INVthere's only one .
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MOTdon't bite it, cause Investigator_one has to take that duck back to school .
INVyeah, I have to take him back with me .
MOT*MOT: and she'll get in trouble .
INVright .
MOTxxx .
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MOTyou're sharing ?
MOTyou gave Parent the ball .
MOT*MOT: I don't know how many balls they went through this summer, because Jamie and her sister would go outside and play ball, and Jamie always threw it in the rose bushes .
MOTso we have all these deflated beach balls .
MOTI see something I better take from Parent before Parent xxx .
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MOTwhy don't you give the duck a ride on your boat ?
CHIhuh ?
MOT*MOT: go get your big boat and give the duck a ride on the boat .
INVthat's a good idea .
MOTwhere's the duck ?
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CHIhe go right down [=? on] here .
MOTyou know when you're around your children all the time, you get used to the way the talk .
MOT*MOT: like I told you, for writing, she says <ai@c> ["], and I know what she's talking about .
MOTevery time you go somewhere, or if you're gonna leave em with somebody, you feel you have to leave this dictionary xxx, because you're so afraid that someone is not gonna understand em .
INV[- laughs] she speaks pretty clearly though .
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CHIhe won't go in there .
MOT[- to inv] isn't that funny .
MOT*MOT: we don't have anything that squeaks, and of all things, that fascinates them .
MOTthey don't have any squeak toys [=! laughs] .
CHImommy, I wanna go in there [% duck in boat] .
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MOTisn't it cute ?
MOTwe had a nice day .
MOT*MOT: xxx it was absolutely pouring, and we thought, well, we'll go anyway .
MOTand there was nobody there, but yet it was still open .
MOTwhen we were on the train, I said +"/.
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MOTwe had a nice day .
MOTxxx it was absolutely pouring, and we thought, well, we'll go anyway .
MOT*MOT: and there was nobody there, but yet it was still open .
MOTwhen we were on the train, I said +"/.
MOT+" oh God, please can't you stop make it raining .
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MOTthis is really bad .
MOTwhen we got off the train, it was finished .
MOT*MOT: the rain was done, and we had a real nice day .
INVthat's great .
MOTwent on a big boat .
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INVyou wanna go on a horsey ?
INVoutside ?
MOT*MOT: we don't have very many places for kids just to ride ponies and things .
MOTI guess because the insurance is probably so high .
MOTxxx horse or pony .
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MOTit's too bad you can't do a month's study, just getting friendly with the kids .
MOTxxx calm down xxx .
MOT*MOT: xxx phone books and catalogs .
MOTthey used to be stacked up very neatly .
INVo:h .