Overheard Snippets

8.19

Chi: Mom, you're crazy.
Mommy: Guess what? It's heriditary. Do you know what that means?
Chi: No.
Mommy:You'll be crazy, too.
Chi: Mom, come into my room.
Mommy: Why? Is something going to jump out at me?

8.21

Mommy: Please get in the cart.
Chi: I'm just...
Mommy: No. That was not an option, it was a command. The please was a courtesy. In the cart!

9.1

Chi says:" Why am I so pretty? [pause] Oh, you're pretty too, mom. And my brother is handsome."

9.10

Chi, after singing and gesturing the hand claps with an invisible partner: You're not young anymore, so you don't know about it. All girls do it. Except their mothers. When mothers hear it, they say "blah!"


9.23

Mommy: "Chi?"
Chi: "When you hear the beep, that means your message is done. beep..."

9.26
Chi: "Leave a message. Laura's not available right now... beep."