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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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CHIin there .
MOTShannon's in there ?
MOT*MOT: that's not Shannon in the wagon .
MOTwhere's your sister Shannon ?
CHIin school .
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MOTis it hot ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: it's not hot ?
MOToven ?
MOTwhat's this ?
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MOTand what's this ?
CHIthat's the man .
MOT*MOT: that's not the man .
MOTthat's the witch .
CHIwitch .
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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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MOTtells me which way to go in the car [=! laughs] .
MOTwhat are you doing ?
MOT*MOT: you better not do that .
MOTyou know what ?
MOTyou might choke .
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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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CHIit's outside .
INV[- surprised] it's outside ?
MOT*MOT: it better not be outside .
MOTit's cold outside .
CHIxxx porcupine .
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CHIParent, xxx .
MOTyou can't do everything at once .
MOT*MOT: when you're not doing something, Parent can do it .
MOTpoor Parent .
CHIParent, don't touch me [=? it] .
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CHII wanna see em .
MOTyou wanna see em ?
MOT*MOT: well, he's not here yet .
MOTit's not time .
CHIthis is Santa Clause .
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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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INVit's all empty .
INVsee ?
INV*INV: it's not very interesting .
INVwhat's that ?
INVis that your racoon ?
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MOTare they better ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: they're not better ?
MOTwhich ones are the owie ones ?
MOTcan you show mommy ?
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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 gonna give him a ride now ?
MOTtell Parent you'll be right back .
MOT*MOT: that's not the boat .
MOTwhere's your boat ?
MOThe looks pretty up there [% on the shelf] .
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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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INVwhat do you do with this blue thing ?
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: tell Parent not to touch .
CHIxxx .
MOTyou know it's too bad you're not able to video tape at the same time, because you miss a lot .
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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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MOTare most children shy when you pop in like this ?
INVyeah .
MOT*MOT: which is too bad, in a way, because even though they're talking, you're still not seeing the real child .
INVyeah .
MOTit's too bad you can't do a month's study, just getting friendly with the kids .