Current Lines of Conversation

Me: Would you guys like to go play outside for a few minutes before nap time?

CJP: Oh, sure Mom! I would love to do that! Thank you for asking me!

CML: LET'S GO RIGHT NOW! MARCH! OUTSIDE!

CJP: Cordelia, would you like to play with my fire truck? [or, insert any toy]

CML: Yeah! Yes please!

CJP: Well, you may not. You may not have it, sister.

Me: Cody bear, that's not very kind. What if I said to you, "Cody, would you like a huge chocolate donut?"

CJP: I would say yes!

Me: What if I then said, "Well, you can't have one."

CJP: I would not like that at all.

Me: Well...that's kind of what your sister feels like. It isn't kind and it frustrates her.

CJP: Oh. [thinking hard] Cordelia? Would you like a huge chocolate donut?

CML: YES!

CJP: Well, you may not have one.

CJP: Cordelia, the train does not go in there. Put the train in the drawer.

CML, diffidently: No.

CJP: Yes! It goes in the drawer! Put it in the drawer!

CML, curiously: No!

CJP: YES!

CML, stubbornly: NO!

CJP: Mom! She is not putting the train in the drawer like I asked!

Me, warningly: Cordelia...

CML: No thank you!

CJP: YES! YES! MOM! SHE IS FRUSTRATING ME! PUT IT IN THE DRAWER, SISTER!

CML, gleefully: No! Nope, no, NO!