April 2, 2013  |  8:30am
"I don’t think I can stop talking. Even when the rest of me is tired, my mouth never gets tired."

— Luke, age 8, in response to being asked to please stop the incessant talking for a few minutes because we were all tired from a crazy day

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January 20, 2013  |  8:30am
"If you see me talking to myself, don’t ask. You’ll be safer that way."

— Luke, age 8

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October 21, 2012  |  8:17am
"When somebody interrupts you, it’s like they’re stealing from you. You’re talking, and everybody is giving you their attention, but then somebody else interrupts you and starts talking blah blah blah about whatever they’re saying, and they take everyone’s attention away from you. They steal it from you like a thief. They might as well be taking something right out of your hand. That’s what it feels like."

— Luke, age 8

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October 5, 2012  |  8:57am
"You know why I like to yell? Because I like to talk! Because I like the sound of my own voice! Especially when it is LOUD! VERY VERY LOUD!!!"

— Beth, age 4

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September 16, 2012  |  8:59am
Boys
[Scene: Beth, age 4, is playing by herself; her mouth is moving as if she is talking, but she's not actually saying anything]
Me: "Beth, who are you talking to?"
Beth: [crossly] "I'm talking to myself."
Me: "Anything you want to talk about?"
Beth: "Boys! Just boys and how stupid they are. Why would anyone want to be their friend? They're just stupid. Even Luke. They're all just stupid."
Me: "Oh."
Beth: "Can I stop talking to you about it? I wasn't done talking to myself."
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August 1, 2012  |  9:13am
So this caffeine is walking around LIKE CRAZY
Luke: [age 7] "So this caffeine is walking around LIKE CRAZY, then a can comes along and fills itself up with caffeine, then a guy comes along and drinks it and can't stop going to the bathroom, then a kid comes along and drinks more of it, then the kid talks ALL THE WAY to California. And then there's this weird trampoline there and he jumps on it until HIS HEAD FLIES OFF! But his head has a parachute on it and it parachutes itself all the way to New York City, and it lands on the Empire State Building and becomes a famous landmark called THE BODILESS BOY!!"
Me: [looking at soda can] "Did you drink my whole soda while I was gone?"
Luke: "YES!"
Me: "Hmm. There's a lot of caffeine in it."
Luke: "I KNOW!!!!"
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