On One Hand, They Self-Entertain. On The Other Hand, We Get Headaches.

She is four; he is two. With his rapidly improving verbal skills, we are now privy to long debates in the car like this one:

Eric: “Look! See geese-kuh!”

Ellie: “Dee-dee, it’s not geese-kuh. It’s geese.”

“No, it’s not.”

“Yes, it is.”

“No, it’s not.”

“Yes, it is.”

“No, it’s not.”

“Dee-dee, can you say, geese?”

“Geese-kuh.”

“Geese?”

“Geese-kuh.”

“Can you say geeee-suuuh?”

Pause.

“GEEEE-SUH-KUUUUH.”