Four: "So, Princess (he really doesn't call her by that-- I think he'd rather choke first..) what's your favorite color of jelly bean? I like the pink ones, 'cause they, um, they taste like bubble gum. But those black ones.... are HORRIBLE! Unless you eat them after pancakes and syrup, 'cause then, ...um, they taste better. Not delicious, but, uh definitely better."
Princess: "Yeah, I yike dem. The purpo ones are my favwrit. They taste like purpo bubble gum." Do you like purpo Four?" (she really doesn't call him that either.... but she does like to tell you she's four-- 'four and a half!!' thank you vewry much!)
Four: "Um, I don't think that I've ever tasted purple before. But remember, uh, remember thaaaat time thaaat Grandpa, um, not Grandpa Skip and not Papa, but Graaandpa had this HUGE jelly bean jar? It was wicked huge! (... and here we see the effect older brothers can have on a 6 year old's vocabulary...) And it was so DELICIOUS!! All those jellybeans. DE-LI-SHUUS! Buut, um, not broccoli. Blech!
Princess: "Yeah.."
Four: "You know, if you wrapped gum, like all around your tongue, well then it wouldn't be so bad, 'cause all you would taste would be, um... GUM! Yeah... gum. HEY MOOOOOM! Where's all the gum??"
Princess: I can't have gum until I'm five..(big sigh)
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