Gems

From the mouth of our babe...


SCENE: Grace, Ellen and Craig playing with Legos in the Living Room

Ellen to Grace: What's your name?

Grace: Bwace Marget Byon!

Ellen: Yes! What's Daddy's name?

Grace: Freg Byon!

Craig: What's Mommy's name?

Grace: (pause) (pause) Mommy Byon!

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SCENE: Grace and Ellen sit on the couch, Grace strokes Ellen's hair

Grace: Mommy, your hair bootiful.

Ellen: Thank you sweetheart, your hair is beautiful too.

Grace: No, mommy, my hair cute.

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SCENE: Grace meets Grandma's friend JoEllen. Grace feels nervous and holds Ellen's hand.

JoEllen: Hi, Grace. My name is JoEllen.

Grace (looking at Ellen): This my mommy.

Grace (pulling at Ellen's sweater): This black.

JoEllen: It is black. Does your mommy like to wear black?

Ellen (laughing): Black is a minimizing color!

Grace: My mommy has big boobies.

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SCENE: Driving home from preschool. Grace sings songs.

Ellen: Oh, honey, you're my princess.

Grace: NO mommy, I your Bwace!

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SCENE: Ellen and Grace lay in Grace's bed after a nap.

Ellen: Do you know there's a baby in mommy's tummy?

Grace: Yes, there a baby in mommy tummy. The baby play with pink soccer ball. The baby need to go outside and play soccer ball with daddy.

Ellen: Really, the baby needs to go outside and play with the pink soccer ball?

Grace: No, Bwace need to go play pink soccer ball with daddy.

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SCENE: Ellen, Craig and Grace hanging out in the kitchen

Craig: Grace, there's a baby in mommy's tummy!

Grace: No there not. There a baby in your tummy!

Craig: Really?

Grace: Yes, there a boy baby in your tummy and a girl baby in my tummy.

Craig: Who else has a baby?

Grace: Ollie have a boy baby in his tummy.

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SCENE: Grace and Ellen watch a video which shows a baby being breastfed.

Grace: Mommy, what that?

Ellen: That mommy is feeding her baby. The baby gets milk from her mommy's boobies. When you were a baby that's how you ate too!

Grace: No, I not, mommy. I not eat milk from your boobies.

Ellen (laughing at the memory of what a difficult eater Grace was): Okay.

Grace (after thinking for awhile): Mommy, you okay. You have milk in your boobies. I have orange juice in my boobies.