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INVyou know what happens ?
INVthey put the cement in there, and then this goes around and around and around, and it keeps the cement all mixed up .
INV*INV: what else do I have ?
INVo:h, did they show you the book ?
INVdo you remember this ?
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MOTsee, Parent's got the porcupine .
MOTxxx sticky .
INV*INV: boy, you have a lot of toys, don't you ?
MOTI've been thinking about Christmas .
MOTwhat in the world do they really need ?
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MOTI like this book .
MOTI'd like to get one like it .
MOT*MOT: I have a big book upstairs .
MOTit's a Richard Scarry dictionary, the real big one .
MOTit's beautiful, but I don't want her to really watch it without me, you know, looking at it with her .
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CHItop .
MOTa top .
MOT*MOT: we don't have one of those .
MOTthat might be a nice idea for Christmas .
MOTxxx .
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MOTyou know what she will do lately that I thought was kinda cute ?
MOTif Parent cries or gets hurt, she'll offer her her blanket .
MOT*MOT: Parent doesn't have a special blanket yet .
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 .
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MOTI think she said she had a lot of toys .
MOTI never heard her say that before .
INV*INV: I'll say you do have a lot of toys .
INVo:h, boom [% to Parent who fell] !
CHItoys .
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MOTand 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 .
MOT*MOT: I know other people who have two year olds xx .
MOTit's not like they're extra smart .
MOTit's just that people have taken time xx .
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MOTI know other people who have two year olds xx .
MOTit's not like they're extra smart .
MOT*MOT: it's just that people have taken time xx .
MOTand she will pick up on things .
MOTif you tell her something, she'll remember it .
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MOTcolors are learned, and numbers, and xx .
INVcolors, I think, kids really don't get them down until they're five .
INV*INV: they really have a hard time .
INVare you going to take my microphone ?
MOTwhere are some of your toys, Jamie ?
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CHII wanna put him there .
MOThe's too big, see ?
MOT*MOT: the other day she was um xx, I have a little night light in the kitchen .
MOTand she said +"/.
MOT+" Parent, see the light ?
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CHIdon't .
CHIParent, don't .
MOT*MOT: can't Parent have one ?
MOTgive Parent one to play with, ok ?
MOTParent might cry .
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MOTthat's as long as it is .
CHIwant some more toys .
INV*INV: I don't have any more .
MOTthat's all the toys .
MOTwanna put the toys in the bag ?
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MOTmy daughter won em at Chuckey Cheese or something .
CHII wanna go to Chuckey Cheese .
MOT*MOT: I shouldn't have said that .
CHIwanna go to Chuckey Cheese .
MOTI know you wanna go to Chuckey Cheese, but xx .
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INVdo you know what that is ?
MOTwhere's the turkey ?
MOT*MOT: we have a turkey for Thanksgiving .
MOTxxx .
MOTthere's a turkey .
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MOTthere's a turkey .
MOTsee the turkey on the door ?
INV*INV: oh, you have a turkey ?
MOTmy mom was an art teacher, and xxx these things .
CHIChristmas tree .
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CHII wanna see more toys .
INVlet's see .
INV*INV: no I don't have any more toys .
INVI have some paper, but that's all .
INVit's all empty .
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INVlet's see .
INVno I don't have any more toys .
INV*INV: I have some paper, but that's all .
INVit's all empty .
INVsee ?
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CHIno .
MOTno ?
MOT*MOT: you're gonna have to .
CHIwhat's that ?
MOTxxx .
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MOT+" why .
MOTI said, +"/.
MOT*MOT: +" you should have told her it was on .
MOTshe said +"/.
MOT+" but it wasn't on, I just turned it off .
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MOTI said +"/.
MOT+" but it's still hot when it's off .
MOT*MOT: I thought she would have learned, you know, from touching it the first time, but [% unitel] .
MOTcan I see your fingers ?
MOTare they better ?
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MOTyou're biting his feet .
MOTouch !
INV*INV: are you gonna have a dog for lunch ?
CHI[- to sister] here .
CHIwhere's another dog ?
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MOTisn't it funny xxx they know to turn everyt(h)ing to look at the tail [=! laughs] .
MOTdon't bite it, cause Investigator_one has to take that duck back to school .
INV*INV: yeah, I have to take him back with me .
MOTand she'll get in trouble .
INVright .
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MOTyou gave Parent the ball .
MOTI 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 .
MOT*MOT: so we have all these deflated beach balls .
MOTI see something I better take from Parent before Parent xxx .
MOTxxx .
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INVyou think if you put him there that he can stay here, right ?
MOTxxx .
MOT*MOT: it's terrible not to be able to have anything on the coffee table anymore .
MOTI can't stand it .
MOTmy table cloth is gone, my knicknacks, my cactus, except that cactus .
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MOTyou know when you're around your children all the time, you get used to the way the talk .
MOTlike I told you, for writing, she says <ai@c> ["], and I know what she's talking about .
MOT*MOT: every 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 .
INVare you biting my duck again ?
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INV[- laughs] she speaks pretty clearly though .
INVare you biting my duck again ?
INV*INV: I have to take that duck back with me .
INVwhat if it's broken ?
MOTdon't break his beak .
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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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MOT[- to inv] isn't that funny .
MOTwe don't have anything that squeaks, and of all things, that fascinates them .
MOT*MOT: they don't have any squeak toys [=! laughs] .
CHImommy, I wanna go in there [% duck in boat] .
MOThe doesn't fit there honey .
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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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MOTxxx horse or pony .
MOTxxx .
INV*INV: yeah, I don't know if they have it any more .
INVwhat's that ?
CHIwhat ?
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MOTxxx lulls in the conversation, their actions speak too .
INVyeah .
INV*INV: we always have the person who came to see the kids do the transcription of the tape, because you remember a lot .
INVbut I know, you miss a lot .
MOTare most children shy when you pop in like this ?
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INVthere's some shoes .
CHII want some .
INV*INV: you have some don't you ?
MOTxxx .
CHIgot some shoes .
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CHImommy, where's the shoe ?
CHII want some .
MOT*MOT: you have some .
MOTwhere's the Christmas catalog ?
MOTxxx shopping .
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INVwhat is it ?
CHII want that .
MOT*MOT: we have a Speak And Spell xx .
CHI+< I wanna see that .
CHImommy, I wanna see that .
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MOTshe said +"/.
MOT+" yes, my mother says if you really believe, that there is one .
MOT*MOT: and I thought, it's really funny, they don't really wanna give it up, but they have a feeling .
MOTthat's kinda cute in a way .
MOTit makes you feel really responsible .
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MOTJamie, that book is getting all torn up, and you won't be able to read it .
INVyeah .
MOT*MOT: can I have the catalog ?
CHIno .
MOTplease ?
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INVwait a minute ?
MOTcan you pick up Investigator_one's toys, for her, and animals ?
INV*INV: yeah, I have to get ready to go home in a little while .
INVcan you say hi ?
INVhi .