Last night of being 2!!!

The boys turn 3 tomorrow! I truly can't believe 3 years have gone by with them!

I haven't posted for awhile, or even taped them for that matter. I got caught up on one a few weeks ago that I never finished, and then I didn't tape again. We have also separated them in beds again, since it turns out they were not sleeping well together, crammed into a crib. So they are back on their own.  Since they turn 3 tomorrow, I thought I'd capture their last conversation as 2-year-olds.

Here goes...

I -  Alex you gonna read Bob the Bolder (Builder) can you fix it?
A - Yah. Ian why he's wearing a coat? Cuz it's snowy out?
I - Alex stand up and show me. He wearing a coat Alex?
A - Yes
I - Alex do you read Bob the Bolder?
A - Yes I read Bob the Bolder
I - Can we fix it?
A - Can fix it. Snowman. Kitty cat
I - Alex I will put it up here like you and it won't fall. Alex push 2 balloons
A - Well then we can get pushed
I - Den you will push 2 boons?
A -Yes
I - OK
A - Dis is Bob the bolder, and dis. Ian he's tired
I - Alex can you pick something out?
I can hear them throwing things out of their bed
A - Ian I'm seeping. I wanna go to seep
I - Good night Alex
A - Good night
I - Good night Alex. Good night. Good night. Alex do you want lots of stuff (in your bed)?
A - Yes lots of stuff
I - Lots of books?
A - Yes lots of books
I -You can read for me?
A -Yes I can read for you Mr. Bear and Clifford the Big Red Dog and other one too. A different one. Scary, cuz I don't like. Ian look at dat one cuz dat one is old
I - What one is old?
A - Dat Spider Man sticker. Ian libraries have stickers too
I - Why?
A - Cuz. Now I'm gonna drink my wada
I - And I'm gonna drink some wada
A - Ian my wada won't fall down cuz I won't reach it
I - No you will reach it. Maybe you can reach it. Maybe you can reach it
A - I'm tired
I -Ok. And I'm tired
A -Good night
I - Good night Alex. Good night Alex
A - Read dis book tomorrow.
I - Well my birthday gonna be
A - And my birthday gonna be at camp
I - And my birthday gonna be in July
A - July?
I - What is July mean?
A - I don't know what July mean
I - I want to have another birthday
A - Why?
I - Cuz
A - Why what? Ian are you having 2 birthdays?
I - Yeah
A - Why did you have 2 birthdays?
I - Alex I want to eat. can you eat one of you cakes?
A - Cakes?
I - Yes
A - What
I - Cake?
A - Yes. Ok and Ian I have lots of cookies at my birthday
I - Can I eat some of yours
A - Yes, I'll have poople ones
I - Oh, I'll show pink ones. Alex pink pupcakes and poople pupcakes. Poople and pink pupcakes. What's dat book Alex?
A - It's a little engine
I - A train wif toys?
A - Yes wif toys. And dese are the broken tracks
I - I wanna see. Alex stand up and show me. No stand up and show me
A - You see it? A broken track
I - Where's a broken track?
A - Ian I show you
I - Alex stand up and show me
A - Ok, here's a broken track
I - Oh, why?
A - Cuz somebody need to help dem
I - I gonna open. I found a poople lollipop. You don't have a poople lollipop
A - I'm tired
I - I'm holding dis
A - Good night Ian. Mommy!
I - Why you calling mommy?
A - Cuz I want more fresh wada
I - Ok
They talk for a little about water and other things.
I - Alex can you put to boons (balloons in)
A - In my bed?
I - Yeah
A - But mommy will say no. You can call mommy to get you some more fresh wada
I - Alex get 2 boons Alex
A - Cuz I'm seeping cuz I'm tired
I - Alex but I just played lots of toys and go to the library and do choo choos.
A - I don't know what I can do now
I - Seep, put boons, ah...
A - I just go to the library and do lots of things
I - And I'll play at home. I'll eat dinner at home. I'll eat cheerios, I'll eat pasta and drink wada and drink milk and eat corn
A - And eat pasta and apple
I - And eat pasta and apple and corn and apple and
A - Pasta
I - And seep and pickle we can do, also read book we can do. Also on the changing table. Also take caps off, that not good
A - Want to take caps off dat not good
I - Also, ummmm....pick clothes and wear dem
A - Dat good
I - And also we can take a bath. Also we can turn a moon on and we can seep. Also we can - what do Alex?
A - I'm reading dis. I reading book
I -You reading Bob the Bolder?
A - No
I - What are you reading? Have toys in it?
A - It's night night time
I - I want some fresh wada. I don't want to call mommy now.
A - Mommy!
I - I don't want to call mommy
A - I want to call mommy. I can't get in here mommy. Mommy! Mommy!
I - Mommy isn't coming Alex
A - Mommy! Mommy!
I - Alex look at my doll now. It name Alex
A - What?
I - It name Alex, Alex
A -Why?
I  - Cuz
A - Why Ian?
I - Hokey dokey.Hokey dokey and turn you-self around
A - Mommy!
I - Alex why you can call mommy? Why mommy isn't coming?
A - Ian where's nonnie? She's not home?
I - I have Thomas like you cuz I have Thomas  like you
A - I can play come back boon (come back balloon - where Alex hits the balloon on the string, and it floats back to him).
I - Just 2 boons Alex
A - Come back boon
I - Say come back boon. 2 at the same time, tangled
A - What?
I - You want it tangled?
A - No
I - Why?
A - Cuz I don't want it
I - You can take it off. Alex maybe you can do it like dat Alex
A - Tangled up
I - Alex can you push 2 Alex? Can you push 2 Alex?
A - Yes
I - Alex you need to get them down Alex
A -  I'm sleepy Ian
I - And I'm sleepy. Alex I like dis stuff and I like dis and I like dis and I don't like dis. I like dis and I don't like my monkey pillow and I like dis
A - What don't you like?
I - And I like my wada
A - And you like to drink it lot?
I - And I like to drink it
A - A lot? and get all wet?
I - Yep
They talk about trading toys between cribs, but they are across the room from each other!
I -And it will be a big-boy bed
A - I don't want it a be a big boy bed me
I - Alex then it will be little if you get you boons in. And there will be room for 2
A - Why cuz we not gonna move? And dat one is not happy because dis one is not happy. Dat one is not happy. and dis one is sad
I - Alex I want to see dat one is sad
A - Maybe
I - I want to see dat one is sad
A - One is not getting out
They ask for water, and are then quiet for a few minutes
I -  Max wasn't crying from a dorm (storm). I was crying from a dorm and then I heard a thunder and it was lots of rain
A - When we was waking home and I sayed rain rain, go away. And I sayed that?
I - Yes
A - When the rain didn't go away?
I -Yes
A -Now a rain did go away
I - Why?
A - The rain did. Now it stopped raining
I - Alex now I'm a antelope. I'm a antelope Alex
A - And I'm a - who's a antelope? Next time I'll be a antelope
I - Now I'm antelope
A - And I'm a antelope
I - And I'm a antelope
A - And Caillou is a antelope
I - And daddy is antelope
A - Daddy's a antelope?
I - And I'm antelope. And Nonnie's a antelope and daddy and mommy and Max and Max is antelope
A - Cuz everyone is antelope
I - Even gagy and even Miss Amy is antelope
A - And Miss A-tina (Christina) is antelope?
I - Yes and Miss A-tina is and Miss Patti is antelope
A - And who else is antelope? My friends?
I - And my wada is a antelope?
A - And who else?
I - Um, a choo choo is a antelope?
A - And what else? Lovey? Woofie? My monkey pillow and my banket?
I - Yeah
A -And my other woofie and books? And my choo choo? And my long one
I - Yeah
A - Oh
I - Yes you big long choo choo is a antelope
A - Oh, what else is antelope?
I - Everyone is antelope cuz everyone is antelope
A - Why?
I - Cuz. Gagy is antelope
A - Yes. Everyone is antelope
I - And even Papa is antelope and even Uncle Vic is antelope
A - Yeah
I - And even Papa is antelope
A - Oh and even Auntie Polly is antelope
I - And who else Alex?
A - Um I think, um, I think, Paz
I - Alex Paz is antelope. My woofie is antelope
A - And what else is antelope. Ian what else is antelope?
I - I don't know. A window and a wall.
A - And our pictures?
I - Not a pictures. Cuz it knocked down. Alex?
A - What?
I - If you put you stickers no then you won't see you stickers
A -Why?
I - Cuz
A - Ian I got Spider Man picture
I would love to know what they think an antelope is!! I know they did an alphabet puzzle today and the A was for Antelope. It is a funny word to say, but I can't imagine what they actually think it is. And with that exchange, we close out being 2 years old!



Ian right before bed for the last time as a 2-year-old!

Alex right before bed for the last time as a 2-year-old!

Night 33 - Together in Alex's bed

Alex decided he wanted to sleep in his own bed tonight, much to the disappointment of Ian. So Ian agreed to go into Alex's bed tonight. They are nicely sleeping head-to-toe in Alex's bed, and feel asleep relatively quickly, as opposed to last night.

A - Not stayin up late
I - What?
A - Not stayin up late
I - Why?
A - Cuz we can't Cuz it's seeping time
I - Alex
A - Mommy forgot to cover us. Mommy! Can you cover me? Can you cover me with dis banket
I - Alex I will cover you
A - No I want mommy
I - I covering myself. I will cover with dat banket
A - Dis banket?
I - Yes
A - No want to be covered a different way
I - No I want to cover cuz it's soft. Dis side isn't soft
A - Is dat not soft?
I - No it is
A - No it isn't
I - Oh it is
A - It isn't
I - Why how dat fits, why dat fits here?
A - Cuz that's how it works. It will turn it around
I - Alex get my race car please. It right dere. I see it right dere. Cuz I need it. YOu reach it?
A - No
I - No I want it
A - Ian call mommy if you
I - See if dat one works
A - No I want dat one. I bringed it up
I - No see if it works up dere
A - Let's see if it works
I -Ok
A - Watch me
I -  I want to see
A - like dat
I - I want to see
A - Then you will give it back?
I - Then I will give it back
A - Please can I have it now?
I - No I need it
A - You don't want me a frow it?
I - No. Alex please get my choo choo from dere?
A -Ian I found it. Here
I - Thank you
A - I found it. Cover me?
I - I will cover you. Alex why you have your shirt on? Cuz you want jamas on?
A - Cuz I want feeties
I - Oh
A - Cuz I was crying for feeties. Ian now give me a hug. Mmmm. Ian what dis is?
I - Dat for Max. It's a sticker?
A - It's a band aid? It's a Band-Aid sticker?
I - Alex can I put it on my finger?
A - No. No please.
I - It will hurt on my finger
A - Please can I do it with a Band-Aid? No I need it. No first I need it. No I know how to do dat. Give it to me a second. I will give it to you in a minute
I - I take it off
A - Ok. because it hurts? It hurts?
I - Cuz it give peace
A - It don't hurt me. It don't hurt me.
I - Alex we can play choo choos in here. Alex we can play choo choos in here. Alex dat hangs on here. Alex why do that hang on here?
A - No I need it. It a favorite
I - We can play it on a banket
A - K
I - Maybe it can fit
A - No. Can't go
I - It can
They play for a minute
I  - Alex I'm seeping here with you
A - Ok
I - Alex you put you teddy bear there
A - Where?
I - There
A - Uh, there?
I - Yes
A - Start
I - Alex lay down over dere. Lay down over dere please. you down dere? you down over dere?
A - Dere's a monster coming dere
I - Dere isn't. Alex let me see and you will sleep dere
A - K cuz dere's a monster. I'm seeping here. Ian, Ian? Can you cover me please?
I - Um, yeah. Alex I will cover you
A - My owie?
I - No you owie is in dere. In you pants cuz it is under you. and I can fit on you sheet. Cuz it can fit on dere
A -What? Why?
I - Cuz dat's too big. Cuz it's a little one comes.  Lovey Alex
A - Lovey
I - Lovey Alex
A - Yes please. Hey dat tickles
I - What tickles?
A - You ticklin me
I - Tickle tickle tickle
A - Dat tickles
I - Like dat?
A - Tickle me feet
I - What?
A - Tickle my feet
I - I'm tickling you feet with my knee. tickle tickle tickle
A - Ian do it on a banket
I -Tickle tickle tickle
A -No you like dis
I - Tickle tickle tickle. Alex put you hand on dere. Danky danky poopie poopie goldfish.
A - I have it right here
I - So you now gonna take it and you not gonna lose it nowhere
A - No
I - Alex I covered like dis
The chat about various things, but it's hard to follow for awhile
I - Can I seep wif you Alex?
A - Yes please.  Why we can't take dis off? Why can't take dis top off? Please can I do it?
I - Yes cuz we can take dis off
A - Please can I have it please. Can you give it to me now?
I - We can take dis off
A - Please can I have it?
I - Alex dere's no monster over dere
A - Why?
I - Cuz where's a monster
A - Where? Dere's no monster here. No monster here
I - Who is coughing Alex?
A - I don't know who's coughing. Oh you covered my choo choo
I - I'm gonna cover you
A - Ian dis is a freight train
I - No mine is a freight train. And mine is a freight train
A - Mine is a big freight train. Ian yours not big like dis one. You can't find another one big like dis one
I - Why?
A - Cuz we only have 1 cuz it's mine.
They talk softly about tickling each other's feet and fade off to sleep.

Night 32

For the last few mornings, Ian has been wanting to get out of his crib first, and then he brings toys to Alex, who stays in his bed. It is very sweet as it is going on; Alex asks for something, then Ian holds something up and says, "this Alex?" and Alex says "yes please" and Ian gives it to him.  It is not so sweet trying to empty Alex's bed when it is actually time for bed later.

At bedtime tonight, Alex's bed was full of toys and books, and the boys decided they wanted to sleep together. I know a few nights ago when they wanted to switch beds, Ian was the one who wanted back in his own bed first. So I suggested that if they sleep together, they do it in Ian's bed. So they did, and guess what? They are sleeping peacefully in his bed right now!

It's pretty sweet, since they have really never slept together since they were born, except for a short while when they slept in the bed with me in infancy (until the doctor nixed that behavior). Since there are no potential hazards to them sharing a bed now, I am glad they are able to get together and feel comfort from each other. I kept waiting to hear yelling and asking me to move Alex back to his bed, but it never happened! I am curious tonight, more than other nights, to hear what they said as they drifted off...

I - Whispers Alex
A - What?
I - I want you
A - I pay choo choos and trucks
I - You seeping over, why you not coming over dere? I don't want to seep over dere
A - Why?
I - Cuz it's scary
A - Cuz there's a fly?
I - No cuz a monster gonna come
A - I'm seeping dere
I - A monster gonna come and get you
A - No
I - Can I put dis in my bed?
A - No
I - Dis?
A - Yes please
I - Yes?
A - You don't like dat?
I - No I do
A - It's Ellie when a baby (it's an old little picture of Ellie at about 9 months old, in a little frame that Ian has on his bookshelf. I'm not sure how it ended up there.)
I - I don't like dat
A - Why?
I - Cuz I don't
A - Ellie was a baby. Do you like Ellie was a baby?
I - Down down baby
A - Down down baby
I - Down down baby. How many baby
A - Ian I want you. You won't see a fly
I - Where?
A - I saw one
I - Where?
A - You won't see one again
I - Why?
A - Cuz you won't
I - Why seeping over dere?
A - Cuz I need to
I - We can cover you with dis
A - Mommy covered you both
I - Dat funny. Dat funny Alex?
A - Yes. I found you race car
I - Oh where was it?
A - It was under you banket. It was hiding
I - Ok. Maybe mine will go faster
They play with cars for a minute
A - I didn't take a bad picture. I taked a bad picture.  I tooked a bad picture. I take a bad picture
I - Dere's something under a banket
A - What?
I - Dis cuz I need dis. And I will cover back on you banket. Want dat Alex?
A - Choo choo
I - You want choo choo another one like dis?
A - Yes
I - So you can see a dots. Do you Alex? Do you wanna see a dots Alex?
They talk about the cars in bed they are playing with
I - Bee fine mice, see how dey
A - Run. See how dey frow a sock. See how dey frow a sock
I - Alex can I have a racecar? Dis, dis.
A - Can it go up a hole?
I - Yeah
A - Can go up. Let me do dat with my bridge
I - No, no dere's a, you can't do something and lay down dere and dere and play with my racecar
A - Maybe my racecar will go dere
I - Coming through
A - Yeah
I - Alex I gonna show you down here, and dey come up and come up wherever you are!
A - I can do dis by myself
I - Wherever you are, wherever you are
A - Ian make a line
I - What?
A - Ian make a line
I - What? Where's a line? What is a line you say
A - Ian  make dis line. Make...dis...line
I - Dat line?
A - Yes.
I - What mine can car go on? What my car can go on? Dis can go a little bit - they are playing with cars
A - Yeah, it can go like dat
I - Alex what you was finding?
A - Dis ways, dat ways
I - Dat? You was finding dis?
A - Yeah. I want to line dem up
I - Den I will put dem
A - Ian let me. Do it like dis. Ian do it like dis
I - No dis can go say whoa. Super man. Super man
A - 3, 4, 5, 6. 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
I - No
A - Oh
I - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 gooooooo whoa. I practicing 1, 2, 3, gooo. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
A - 5
I - 6, go!
A - Ian I got you race car and I'll carry it downstairs for you
I - I want a frow it
A - Ian please can I have another one?
I - Dis?
A - Yeah
I - I can have dis?
A - Can I have dat one?
I - Yeah
A - Dat little one?
I - Yeah
A - Can I have it please? The other one felled?
I - What?
A - Cuz the other one felled?
I - Umhmm
A - I don't like dat one you don't like it?
I - No
A - You do? No?
I - Yes, I do. Cuz dat is a wheel one?
A - Yes cuz dat is a wheel one.
I - It's a different spikes
A - Cuz I don't know why.
I - Dis one is scary? Dis is scary? Alex dis one is scary? Dis one scary? Alex? Dis one is scary?
A - No
I - Dis is scary? Dat blue and red is scary? You coming out of a car? You don't like dat?
A - I don't like dis
I - You not, what you don't like Alex?
A - I like just choo choos
I - You lovey Alex. You don't, you want you lovey?
A - I don't
I - You do?
A - Yeah
I - Want you lovey?
A - Yeah
I - Oh. I gonna seep wif  my (inaudible)
A - Ian let me get my banket
I - Hi ho a derrio. Alex, Alex why you walking
A - No I'm not
I - Alex why you walking?
A - No I'm not
I - Why you walking Alex?
A - No I'm not walking
I - Why is you walking, oh a big hole
A - No I'm not dere's big more holes there
I - Alex maybe can go on it with dat and we can put dat under it. I show you. And put it and play and put you cars on it
A - No! I need it. No I need it
I - Alex can do it like dis
A - No I need it
I - Do it like dis
A - No here
I - Can do it here
A - No!
I - Can do it maybe here
A - Here?
They talk again about their trains and they are playing with their cars and trains in bed. I am just waiting to hear them start to wind down, so I can hear how they actually fell asleep in the same bed!
I - Alex Rosie like to say monkey. And Rosie like to say monkey. Rosie likes monkeys. (OMG, another Caillou reference!)
A - Cuz Rosie do like monkeys. Down down baby. Down down baby.
I - Alex, I will cover you
A - How
I - Cuz I can't seep, cuz you can't seep in dat bed.
A - Bouncy ball
I - What?
A - Bouncy ball
And that's it...they are off to sleep...together, in one crib!

Night 31 - Shortest chat ever!

They start playing with their trains and talking about their tunnels, trains and tracks that are in their beds.
I - Alex I gonna read you a book. I read you a book Alex. A fire truck, a helicopter, a motorcycle, a fire truck, a police car, a boat
A - A airplane, a fire truck, a truck
Quiet talking about trains
I - Alex I will play this game for you. Alex? Alex?
A - What?
I - I will play this game for you
A - Ok
I - Cuz it have shapes. Cuz dis have a happy face
A - Ian I want to see what you have
I - I put all of the mommy ones in
Quiet for a few minutes but I can hear them playing with their trains. Then, they drift off. This followed a busy day with no naps, and major tantrums right before bed. Both of them were screaming a lot tonight, which must have tired them out. This is my shortest post ever...hopefully they'll sleep well and be more rested tomorrow.

Night 30

Wow! I can't believe I am on my post for 30 nights already! I am taking this opportunity to write a little before I listen to their conversation tonight.

I have learned so much from listening to them during this little project.  I had no idea when I started taping them, what they talked about when left alone. I was curious, and have learned way more than I had expected.

It is interesting to think about how different being a twin is versus being a singleton (is that the term for the rest of us??).  Ellie and Max have been sleeping alone since they left our room at 4 months. They go to bed alone, with their books, stuffed animals and thoughts. Ian and Alex have a completely different experience having someone to talk to as they drift off to sleep.

This has been eye-opening for me to say the least.  The thing that strikes me the most is how close their relationship is. I never knew, from seeing them interact with me and others around, how very close they feel to each other. Hearing them say they need each other makes me happy. It is nice to see that they have a deep bond.

This blog is still a work in progress, and probably always will be. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to continue transcribing entire conversations, or begin to only write the highlights.  I guess time will tell how the blog continues.

I've said it before, but now we are really almost ready to move them to their "big-boy" beds. I am curious to see if they'll end up sleeping together. And now, I am ready to listen to night 30 of crib conversations.

I - Let's play choo choos
A - No
I - Why?
A - Cuz I don't want to
I - So you can play choo choos on your very own crib?
A - Yes
I - Okay
A - I can make it like dis actually
I - And will all fall down. Alex I yelled at you and Alex you want Blue Clues? (Ian is wearing Blues Clues pajamas tonight, and Alex had a tantrum at pajama time. He later claimed he wanted those pajamas, but really, he didn't want any pajamas)
A - Yeah
I - And you want Blue Clues pants?
A - Yeah. I'm doing it all by myself. Get you wada
I - No if I can reach it. Maybe. Yes I can. We not putting it in a beds
A - Where's my green
I - We not putting the wadas in a bed
A - And I'm reading a book come out come out wherever you are
I - Wherever you are? Dat right?
A - No dat not right
I - Alex I need something to hold dis. And I need tape for my banket for not falling down. My very own
A - Mommy! Mommy!
I - What Alex?
A - I need my wada. I want my lovey
I - Alex we not putting a wadas in a bed. We not putting a wadas in a bed
A - I don't want my lovey
I - Alex you spilled it
A - No I didn't
I - Lookit
A - Mommy!
I - Alex you a pouty boy you cry
A - No I'm not!
I - Alex, cry Alex.
A - I don't like dat
I - (In a baby voice) Mommy!
A - No I don't like dat
I - (Again in a baby voice) Mommy!
A - No I don't like dat
I - (Again in a baby voice) Mommy!
A - No I don't like dat
I - (Baby voice, yet again) Mommy mommy. I need mommy. I need mommy
A - No I need mommy
I - I can't reach my wada. And I can dip it in the cup. I can
A - What you can dip
I - My (inaudible) in the cup
A - Cuz it cold?
I - No it isn't. No it isn't. Alex we can't put wadas in the bed. We can't put wadas in the bed. Alex you made a mess
A - No I didn't
I - You made a mess of feeties. I can put them back in the drawer
A - Dere?
I - No in the bottom of it
A - That one?
I - No not two
A - Dat one?
I - No not two my bed on the chair
A - Dere?
I - Yes on the chair
A - No
I - You dump does out?
A - Yeah
I - On the floor?
A - Yeah
I - No
A - Cuz I made a mess
I - And I gonna clean it up Alex. Not gonna clean you mess up. Not gonna clean you mess up.
A - I gonna have a good dream. You gonna have a bad dream
I - And I'm gonna have a bad dream?
A - Mommy's gonna say you not getting you wada, you not. I need wada
I - Alex I not playing a game. Cuz I'm seeping. Cuz I want to seep. Cuz I like to seep. Mommy went to seep. On my feet I need a shoe cuz they cold. My feet are cold Alex. I need a cover dem. Alex, why you frowing your choo choos out? What just make a noise?
A - I didn't do dat
I - What dat noise?
A - Dat was just dat thing?
I - What was it? What was it Alex?
A - I just told you
I - But it was dat geek noise
A - It was dat thing. Dat choo choo.
I - Alex I made at you choo choo sweater a you, a where Alex? Sometimes I wear my choo choo, sweater , sometimes
They play with their trains quietly
A - Ian?
I - What?
A - I want you
I - Alex I made, did you choo choo sweater for you a where
A - Why?
I - Cuz you want it
A - You gonna left it at school. You gonna left it at school (Another reference to a Caillou episode, in which his grandma knits him a train sweater, he forgets it at school and dreams birds take it to make a nest)
I -  I gonna left you choo choo sweater at school. And you we need a go get it
A - Why? Before some bird take it
I - Why?
A - Cuz a bird's not taking it
I - Cuz dey in
A - A birds on? A birds on?
I - What?
A - What? Birds are in
I - No
A - Oh birds are out?
I - What?
A - No birds are in. I sawed one a bee cuz we first a bee in the tunnel and dat was icky
I - Dat was funny?
A - Yeah
I - Oh
A - Dat was a little funny
I - Alex?
A - What?
I - Alex?
A - What?
I - Where is you little pillow pet
A - It's here
I - And where's you monkey pillow
A - It's here. I you gonna seep on it?
I - Yes
A - I gonna seep on my little pillow pet
I - Why not on you monkey pillow?
A - Cuz I don't know why. Funny rock and show place
I - Alex rock and roll. Rock and roll. Rock and roll Alex. Roll Alex
A - Ha, cuz I'm seeping
I - Why you not say rock and roll?  Rock and roll, rock and roll
A - Poop and roll
I - Rock and roll
A - No poop and hole
I - Alex?
A - What?
I - Dis have purple spots on here. Alex dis have purple spots on here
A - Spots?
I - Yes purple spots, and dere's a little pink
A - I want to see. Oh um purple's my favorite
I - Pink?
A - Yeah, no purple
I - Purple and pink is my favorite
A - No purple and pink is my
I - Purple and pink is my birthday and...blue is my birthday
A - And white is my birthday
I - And....um....mmmm...
A - White is my birthday
I - Um....
A - Ian, I want to tell you something
I - Black is my fave-it putty, brown if my fave-it putty. Dat's all of my colors dat's my favorite putty
A - I wanna tell you something
I - What you wanna tell me something?
A - Um, um, white is my favorite birthday
I - What?
A - White is my favorite birthday
I - Ohhhh. Whoa....nice birthday Alex. Nice birthday. Alex I gonna clean up dat mess
A - Why?
I - Cuz you got it our room all messy Alex
A - I made it a mess cuz I was crying for dat mess
I - I will clean it in the door
A - In the door? It need to get all cleaned?
I - Yes
A - No it is clean already
I - No dat um door isn't clean over dere. Alex I not playing choo choos
A - Why?
I - Cuz I'm seeping
A - Play choo choos when we seep if you want Ian
I - Um, yes please. Chugga chugga choo choo
A - Chugga chugga choo choo.
They are both softly playing with trains in their beds.
A - Ian I don't like dis Thomas even
I - Where's you big one?
A - I don't know.
I - I don't know a big Thomas
A - It's downstairs on the couch
I - And you need it?
A - No I don't
I - Why?
A - I do
I - Why?
A - Cuz........ Ian?
I - What?
A - I want you
I - I want lellow is my favorite putty
A - No lellow is my favorite putty
I - Purple is my favorite putty and pink is my favorite putty
A - And blue is my favorite putty
I - Pink is my favorite putty and purple is my favorite putty and blue is my favorite putty. And, and...
A - Lellow is my favorite putty. Purple is my favorite lollipop
I - And....red is my favorite lollipop. I like 2 lollipops. Can I have 2 lollipops Alex?
A - Um, yes if you want
I - Yes?
A - Yes if you want
I - No we only take 1
A - No 2
I - What?
A - 2. Kiwi strawberry
I - What?
A - I want strawberry. No wait I want fruit punch
I - Oh. I want fruit punch. Alex I need a wash my hands
A - Why? You forgot a wash you hands and you got sprinkles on you hands?
I - No and my fingers red maybe
A - Ian my fingers feel better now. Cuz I'm not crying anymore
I - My owies don't feel better
A - What?
I - My owie won't go away Alex
A - Oh. After your nap your owie will go away
I - Alex it isn't go away. It isn't go away. Alex look it not go away
A - Ian don't cover it
I - What?
A - Don't cover your owie if you want
I - Ok. Alex I covered it. Still I won't have a owie
A - Oh
I - Dat doesn't hurt my banket Alex

At the start of this post, I wrote about how nice it was that they can talk about their day before going to bed. Then tonight, as I listened to Ian taunt Alex when he called for me, and Alex tell Ian he would have bad dreams,  I was thinking maybe it's not such a nice thing after all! I guess it is what it is, and that's how a relationship is when you spend all day and all night with a person who shares your exact DNA.

Good night little boys. I hope they both have good dreams!

Night 29

I - Alex play cars and trucks and cars
A - I just seeping
I - Alex I have so much trains and I never sing. Oopsie. (siren from a toy car is going off). Are you gonna play your choo choos? Ok I will read you a book. I will read you a book Alex. Alex I will read you a book. I will read you a book Alex
A - K you read me a book
I - A puppy holding it, a sock
A - Oh
I - In a minute I will read it
A - I love a puppy
I - Dis choo choo trains. Put your choo choo train in the tunnel
A - Just a minute Ian
I - Alex I'm not gonna frow my choo choos out
A - Why?
I - Cuz
A - Cuz you want dem
I - Yes. I have choo choos. Alex I have cars and choo choos and you have cars and choo choos. Alex? Dat train goes wif dis? Frow it out and I will see if it train. Frow it out
A - Dis?
I - No dat
A - Dis?
I - No dat tundy bed. Dat grey and black thing dat fit with this maybe? Maybe. Frow it out and I will have it
A - Dat thing?
I - Yes dat. Can I put my wada in my bed?
A - Ian dis you want?
I - Um, yes.
A - Maybe it will hang with it
I - You can frow dat, yes?
A - And you?
I - Alex why you not playing choo choos? I'm not playing choo choos
A - Oh, whoopsie (sounds like trains fall out of the bed)
I - Alex, can I get me wada in my bed?
A - No
I - Ok I will drink a little bit.
A - Don't drink a lot of it. Me too. Where's mine
I - It downstairs Alex
A - I need it cuz a bus
I - Lovey come here. I need some more Alex
A - What
I - I think it's enough. Alex?
A - What?
I - Where is you monkey pillow? Where is you monkey pillow?
A - I got lots of things
I - Alex I can't sleep
A - Cuz why?
I - Cuz I can't cover my blanket
A - Where's a car?
I - What? What? What Alex?
A - Where's you car?
I - Alex what?
A - I don't know a car
I - Cap? Top?
A - No, car
I - Where is it den? What you saying cap for? What you saying cap for?
A - My cap
I - Why?
A - How do you do? How do you do? How do you do?
I - How are you?
Silent for a minute
I - Alex I wanta get out of here. I don't want that a choo choo in my bed
A - Why cuz you don't want dat?
I - Dis in my bed
A - How do you do? How do you do? How do you do?...(must be a song from school/camp)
I - Alex why you saying no boys aren't no teachers?
A - Inaudible
I - What? What? Can I watch a shapes movie? When it gonna be wake up time Alex?
A - In few minutes

Night 28

They start off each playing with their trains in their beds and talking about their "choo choos."

I - Alex I will cover me myself. I'm covering myself. Alex I got me, Alex dere's a woofie
A - And he's not waking you up!
I - Cuz he's saying arf arf
A - No he's saying woof woof woof
I - I hear him. Mommy! Mommy!
A - What call mommy to?
I - Get my little pillow pet. Mommy, mommy, mommy...
A - I have mine. Go car go car, you can do it. Go car
I - Alex I need a cover myself
A - He haf ho
I - Hi ho a deerio. Hee ho, you love to say dat?
A - No I don't
I - Cuz it have captain hook?
A - Yes.
Silence for a few minutes
A - Ian?
I - What, Ala- what Alex?
A - Need you a play with me
I - What Alex?
A - I want you a play wif me
I - Seep?
A - Yes seep
I - I'm seeping wif you already. I'm seeping wif you wif my race car. Alex? Alex?
A - What Ian?
I - What a daddy say? A Ellie say?
A - Cuz Ellie? I told you dat. I not a Ellie
I - Alex why didn't go down dat big slide, cuz it was scary?
A - Yeah
I - Alex you wouldn't go down dat tunnel?
A - Yeah
I - Cuz you want to cuz it's scary
A - The tunnel is not scary. We can make our tummies in the tunnel and dat make noise
I - Ok do dat. Alex we not going to a park now
A - Why?
I - Cuz, cuz dere's (inaudible)
A - What dis off, dat beep?
I - No
A - What?
I - Nothing
A - Dat sticky part
I - Yes the sticky part was not on. I didn't wipe a bee
A - What it wiped?
I - Um
A - What it seed?
I - Um a stickers
A - Why? Need it? It was not cleaning off?
I - It was not. Alex I'm making a nail. I'm making a nail for you a see. Alex see my nail

Glad to know Ian is picking his nails just to impress his brother...
Good night, and may all bad habits vanish while they sleep!