Mikey's First Instant Message With Dad

Have you ever tried to have an adult conversation with a couple of preschoolers in the room? It's almost impossible. I just tried to have an IM conversation with Jeff, and thought I'd share the string. I told the boys that Dad was on the computer, and I could type what they wanted to say to him. The following is a slightly abridged version of what occurred next:

sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "My mom put a balloon on Chawatt's fing."
Jeffrey Sweat: a balloon?
sunny_cannon: Yes. She was getting angry in her swing, and every time I bopped her in the head, she would laugh. So, I tied one to her mobile thing, so every time it swung that way, it would automatically bop her.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "Dad, are you
sunny_cannon: on th
sunny_cannon: e computer?"
sunny_cannon: He found the ret
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sunny_cannon: "It goes pop pop pop"
Jeffrey Sweat: that's awesome.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says
sunny_cannon: "That's the popping button" and
sunny_cannon: laughed
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "I had
sunny_cannon: A burrito for lunch."
sunny_cannon: more maniacal
sunny_cannon: laughing
sunny_cannon: Jackson says: "Dear Jackson, love Dad" (laughing)
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sunny_cannon: tell Jackson loves Jeff
Jeffrey Sweat: ah...
sunny_cannon: Mikey
Jeffrey Sweat: they love the return key, don't they?
sunny_cannon: also found the period if you couldn't tell.
sunny_cannon: ..mIk0e0y
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Jeffrey Sweat: what did you do today?
sunny_cannon: Jackson is currently riding Mamie
sunny_cannon: ..... Jackson0 says: "Richard hit my head and bothered me"
sunny_cannon: he also rode little bikes at school.
Jeffrey Sweat: that sounds like fun.
sunny_cannon: I asked Mikey what fun thing he did today and he said: "EAT!"
Jeffrey Sweat: that's my boy...
sunny_cannon: Jackson " Is butts are questions and stinky th
sunny_cannon: s butts ar questions and stinky things?
sunny_cannon: I mean: "Is butts are qu
sunny_cannon: questions and stinky things?"
Jeffrey Sweat: what?
sunny_cannon: I can't get through a sentence with Mikey here!!!!
Jeffrey Sweat: I get the sentence, but it's warped.
sunny_cannon: Jackson was trying to ask you a question. He is trying to be funny.
sunny_cannon: He is a warped kid.
Jeffrey Sweat: is he talking about two meanings of butts"
sunny_cannon: What would the other meaning be?
Jeffrey Sweat: "but?" and "butt"
Jeffrey Sweat: I don't know about the question part.
sunny_cannon: Maybe? He left, so I don't know.
sunny_cannon: He was looking at his homework
sunny_cannon: and it was a practice sheet of
sunny_cannon: question marks. He asked what they are.
sunny_cannon: Maybe he thinks the question mark looks like a butt in profile?
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "Give it a break, Mom. Give it a break."
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "I want to tell my Dad on my computer that popping means STOP. A
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sunny_cannon: ir and into the grass.
Jeffrey Sweat: I just saw this: Mikey says: "Give it a break, Mom. Give it a break." Hilarious!
sunny_cannon: Mikey Says: "The bubbles pop out of the buttons. Leave the vonice alone. Vonice means don't touch it. Because the Mamas will be sad."
Jeffrey Sweat: what's vonice?
sunny_cannon: I asked him to tell me what it was and I wrote his response.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "I had a bath and eggs and marshmallows. I want to tell him that. Now please don't put balloons on that fing."
Jeffrey Sweat: tell him, i like eggs and marshmallows, too! But not baths.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "Why don't you like baths?"
sunny_cannon: "Pop the balloons mom!"
sunny_cannon: because I'm too tall for the bath tub.
sunny_cannon: Now he is squishing my pudge and saying "push the button, push the belly button."
Jeffrey Sweat: he's got a pudge fetish.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "Dady, I
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Jeffrey Sweat: I know. You are just the right size.
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "I want the tall one, and the bath one, and the food one."
sunny_cannon: I asked him "does that mean you want Daddy to come home?"
sunny_cannon: He hugged my leg and said: "Mommy I missed you, don't go away."
Jeffrey Sweat: never have to pressure that kid to express his feelings.
Jeffrey Sweat: it's awesome.
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Jeffrey Sweat: tell him that when he does that, it makes it look like the computer is laughing. ha ha ha ha.
sunny_cannon: Hey said: "It goes up up up up like an elev
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Jeffrey Sweat: cool!
sunny_cannon: Mikey says: "May I go pee pee so I can have some marshmallows?"

And off we went to the bathroom.