Conversations with a Toddler

Mommy: What would you like for supper, Ian?
Ian: spaghetti!
Mommy: You want spaghetti?
Ian: Yeah! I want spag- phas- I want some!

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Mommy: Looks like we beat Daddy home again!
Ian: Yeah, I beat on Daddy!
Mommy: That's Mommy's job.

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Ian: I see a bus!
Mommy: You do? Where?
Ian: On the road.
Mommy: (singing) on the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again...
Ian: Stop singing, Mommy! I want to talk!

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Ian: I wanna put my hood up!
Mommy: Ok, go ahead and put your hood up.
Ian: I'm a-gonna leave my hood down!
Mommy: Okie dokie, leave it down.
(pause)
Ian: (hopeful) I a-gonna eat a cookie!