The Talking Twos

Grocery shopping.

A: Mom - look at those big ones.

M: Avery, ssshhhh.

A: (a little louder) Mom Look! Big ones.

M: (looks the other way)

A: (louder) MOM! those are really big ones!

M: (ignore her..ignore her..look the other way)

A: MOM! LOOK AT THOSE HUGE LADIES!!!

Two full figured women look right at us.

I decide ignoring her is not the best way to get her to stop talking.

Avery Lorraine is her name.

Sunday night there was a thunder storm.

Avery assumes her spot in "daddy's" bed.

A: mom! did you hear that! mom! another big boom! mom! its thunder! mom! are the clouds smashing together? mom! its flashing again! mom! its so bright! mom! what is lightning coming from! mom!...

M: mmmm...uuuhhhh...hhhmmmmmm...

Over an hour later:

A: mom! still more thunder! mom! i hear more! mom! what was that!...

J: AVERY! IF YOU DON'T STOP TALKING AND LIE DOWN I AM TAKING YOU BACK TO YOUR OWN BED!

(Judd has never talked to Avery in anything more than a coo in her entire life.)

A: (eyes wide) Mom...Dad is not kidding around.

And she sleeps.