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MOTI'd like to get one like it .
MOTI have a big book upstairs .
MOT*MOT: it'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 .
MOTcan you show mommy some pictures in the book ?
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MOTI have a big book upstairs .
MOTit's a Richard Scarry dictionary, the real big one .
MOT*MOT: it's beautiful, but I don't want her to really watch it without me, you know, looking at it with her .
MOTcan you show mommy some pictures in the book ?
MOTtell me what's in there .
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CHIit's a turtle .
MOTturtle ?
MOT*MOT: yeah, it's a turtle .
CHIit's a fish .
MOTthere a fish .
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MOTI think the squirrel's down by the piggy .
CHI[- pointing to a spider picture] the mosquito .
MOT*MOT: no, that's not a mosquito, it's a spider .
MOThere's the squirrel, see ?
CHIthis a squirrel .
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CHIai@c [% writing] .
MOTI don't know why, when she says ai@c that's writing .
MOT*MOT: if she wants a pen or a paper, it's ai@c .
CHI+< this a telephone .
CHIthis is a xx .
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CHIlook at this xxx .
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: it's a bunny .
CHIbunny .
MOTtwo bunnies .
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MOTis it hot ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: it's not hot ?
MOToven ?
MOTwhat's this ?
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MOTat the play ground, what is that ?
CHIslide .
MOT*MOT: right, it's a slide .
CHIwhat's that ?
MOTthat's a top .
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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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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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MOTninety six .
INVwhat is it ?
MOT*MOT: it's the Kuzoo, the Cabbage Patches' um pet, I guess .
CHIKuza .
CHIa Kuza .
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INVis that Parent's or yours ?
CHImine .
INV*INV: it's yours ?
INVo:h, let me see .
CHIa lotta [: lot of] toys .
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MOTwhat's Jamie's toys ?
MOTParent's sister is eleven, and they play xx .
MOT*MOT: it'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 .
MOTbut like she doesn't know all her colors or her numbers and things .
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MOTbut like she doesn't know all her colors or her numbers and things .
MOTI know other people who have two year olds xx .
MOT*MOT: it's not like they're extra smart .
MOTit's just that people have taken time xx .
MOTand she will pick up on things .
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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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MOTI'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 .
MOT*MOT: it's a learned thing .
MOTcolors are learned, and numbers, and xx .
INVcolors, I think, kids really don't get them down until they're five .
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CHIxxx .
CHIit's outside .
INV*INV: [- surprised] it's outside ?
MOTit better not be outside .
MOTit's cold outside .
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INV[- surprised] it's outside ?
MOTit better not be outside .
MOT*MOT: it's cold outside .
CHIxxx porcupine .
MOTshe likes those little dolls, because they're more easy to manage for her fingers .
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MOTyou wanna see em ?
MOTwell, he's not here yet .
MOT*MOT: it's not time .
CHIthis is Santa Clause .
MOTthat's his stocking .
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INVno I don't have any more toys .
INVI have some paper, but that's all .
INV*INV: it's all empty .
INVsee ?
INVit's not very interesting .
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INVit's all empty .
INVsee ?
INV*INV: it's not very interesting .
INVwhat's that ?
INVis that your racoon ?
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INVcan you say +"/.
INV+" Investigator_one ?
INV*INV: it's a hard name, isn't it .
MOTJamie, why don't you get one of your books ?
MOTwanna show Investigator_one one of your books ?
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CHIwant pineapple .
MOTthere's some in the refrigerator .
MOT*MOT: it's getting cold .
MOTI think Daddy put a can of pineapple in xxx .
CHII want some .
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CHIwhere's the book ?
INVwhere's the book ?
INV*INV: I think it's right, oops, behind you .
INVhi there squirt .
INVit's amazing that these kids ever make it until they're adults, with all the time they fall down .
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INVI think it's right, oops, behind you .
INVhi there squirt .
INV*INV: it's amazing that these kids ever make it until they're adults, with all the time they fall down .
CHImommy, I want xx .
CHIwait .
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CHIxxx .
MOTlook at the giraffe .
MOT*MOT: it's a big one .
MOTsee the giraffe ?
CHIlook at [=? it] giraffe .
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MOT+" but it wasn't on, I just turned it off .
MOTI said +"/.
MOT*MOT: +" but it's still hot when it's off .
MOTI thought she would have learned, you know, from touching it the first time, but [% unitel] .
MOTcan I see your fingers ?
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MOTare they better ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: it's not better ?
MOTxxx cut a hole in your pants .
MOTUncle Doug gave you this sweat suit, and it was in real good shape until you cut a hole in it with the scissors .
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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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MOThe can sit right here .
MOTsee ?
MOT*MOT: it's a good place for him right here .
MOTwhy don't you put him on the rug, on the floor, on the bear ?
MOTput the boat on the bear on the floor .
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INVare you biting my duck again ?
INVI have to take that duck back with me .
INV*INV: what if it's broken ?
MOTdon't break his beak .
MOTdon't bite him .
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MOTtell Parent not to touch .
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: you know it's too bad you're not able to video tape at the same time, because you miss a lot .
MOTxxx lulls in the conversation, their actions speak too .
INVyeah .
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MOTwhich is too bad, in a way, because even though they're talking, you're still not seeing the real child .
INVyeah .
MOT*MOT: it's too bad you can't do a month's study, just getting friendly with the kids .
MOTxxx calm down xxx .
MOTxxx phone books and catalogs .
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CHIwanna look in the pool .
MOTin the summer .
MOT*MOT: it's too cold outside right now .
CHIwhy ?
MOTsee the kids ?
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CHIoh there's a summer pool .
CHII wanna go in the pool .
INV*INV: it's too cold .
MOTit's freezing .
CHIwhere the shoe ?
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CHII wanna go in the pool .
INVit's too cold .
MOT*MOT: it's freezing .
CHIwhere the shoe ?
CHII have summer shoes .
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CHIxxx .
MOT0 [% unintel to inv] .
INV*INV: yeah it's funny .
INVthey always get warmed up toward the end .
CHIxxx sleeping .
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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 .