Elusive Speeches

👟 Novem­ber 23, 2018
LEXI is look­ing for her shoes: Shoes! Come out! I want to wear you!

😔 Novem­ber 20, 2018
LEXI: My feet hurt. Car­ry me.
MOMMY: No.
LEXI: My legs hurt. Car­ry me.
MOMMY: No. If they hurt, let’s go home.
LEXI: No. They don’t hurt anymore.

👍 August 29, 2018
MOMMY: A vehi­cle with two wheels is called a bicy­cle, one with three wheels is called a tri­cy­cle.
LEXI thinks for a moment: Then, is one with two doors called a bi-door?

😵 August 20, 2018
LEXI: Mom­my, read book!
MOMMY: I am a lit­tle dizzy, I have to eat lunch first. 
MOMMY eats lunch.
LEXI: Are you still dizzy?

😍 August 15, 2018
MOMMY: Mom­my has a headache, I am going to lay down for a bit.
LEXI: Baby gives Mom­my a mas­sage. 
MOMMY eats lunch.
LEXI: Are you still dizzy?

👍 July 21, 2018
DADDY feeds LEXI din­ner and drops uten­sil on the table: Oh sor­ry, Dad­dy’s hands are greasy.
LEXI hands DADDY a nap­kin: Wipe your hands!

😅 July 20, 2018
LEXI taps one chop­stick on the oth­er: Hey! Why you hit me!

🤒 July 20, 2018
LEXI leans head on MOM­MY’s chest.
MOMMY: Mom­my is not feel­ing well.
LEXI: Do you have a headache?
MOMMY: A lit­tle bit.
LEXI puts a stick­er on MOMMY’s fore­head: Here’s a Band-Aid. Where else hurt?
MOMMY: Mom­my is just a bit tired.
LEXI rubs MOMMY: Massage! 

🤓 June 23, 2018
LEXI: Yisheng is doc­tor. Yayi is dentist.
MOMMY: When you grow up, would you like to be a doc­tor or a dentist?
LEXI: Be baby!
MOMMY: …

😅 May 24, 2018
LEXI: Can I bring Ted­dy out?
MOMMY: No. You can’t car­ry it while you are rid­ing on the bike!
LEXI to TEDDY: Ted­dy, would you like to go out?
LEXI to MOMMY: Ted­dy says Yes!
MOMMY: …

😅 May 22, 2018
DADDY: Lexi, put the lid back on the mark­er so the ink does­n’t run out.
LEXI: This is not a lid. This is a cap!

😇 May 20, 2018
LEXI pats MOMMY on the back and says: Mom­my lie here and sleep! Baby is going to work.

😅 April 23, 2018
LEXI sings
MOMMY sings along
LEXI: Mom­my don’t sing, do “ding ding ding”
LEXI con­tin­ues to sing
MOMMY har­mo­nizes in the background

🤓 March 26, 2018
LEXI ran­dom­ly jabs a mark­er on a piece of paper
MOMMY: What are you drawing?
LEXI: Ants.

😧 March 18, 2018
MOMMY: you are a copy cat!
LEXI: you are a pucky hat!
MOMMY: Copy.
LEXI: Copy
MOMMY: Cat.
LEXI: Cat.
MOMMY: Copy cat.
LEXI: Pucky hat.
MOMMY: Copy. Cat.
LEXI: Copy hat.

🤑 March 9, 2018
LEXI pre­tend­ing: My tooth fell out.
MOMMY: Oh. And then?
LEXI: Tooth fairy gives baby money.
MOMMY: How much would you like?
LEXI: 2 dollars.

🤐 March 7, 2018
LEXI in baby lan­guage: Ga ji ya, a ta shi, buuy ya …
MOMMY imi­tates in gib­ber­ish: blah blah blah.
LEXI: Mom­my doesn’t know!
MOMMY: …

😲 March 4, 2018
LEXI: Granny, Stand here!
GRANNY: I have to take a bath.
LEXI: Granny don’t take a bath!
GRANNY: Then I will be dirty.
LEXI: Stay dirty!

🤑 March 3, 2018
DADDY: We are there. Let’s get out of the car!
LEXI: No!
DADDY: We are going to the mall!
LEXI: Baby goes to mall.
DADDY: Okay.
LEXI yells: Yay. Baby goes to mall!

😅 March 3, 2018
DADDY: Hey Baby, would you like a lit­tle broth­er or sister?.
LEXI: Baby is the smallest!

😍 March 2, 2018
MOMMY comes home from work, kneels down to give LEXI a hug.
LEXI: Yay, Mom­my is home. Mom­my love you!

😓 March 2, 2018
MOMMY: Would you like to drink some water?
LEXI push­es the cup away and it spills a lit­tle.
LEXI points at the spill: Aiya!

😂 March 2, 2018
MOMMY: Who is the queen?
LEXI puts a fin­ger on her chest: Baby!

😅 March 2, 2018
LEXI: Hi Lexi.
DADDY: Oh. Hi Lexi!
LEXI smiles and giggles.

🤓 March 1, 2018
LEXI points at a hye­na pic­ture: What is this?
DADDY: A hyena.
LEXI: Kitty!
DADDY: Hyena.
LEXI: Kit­ty!
DADDY: Hyena.
LEXI cries: Nooooooo!

😅 Feb­ru­ary 24, 2018
LEXI: Mom­my! Hold baby!
MOMMY kneels down and holds Lexi in her arms.
LEXI: Get up!

🤕 Feb­ru­ary 24, 2018
LEXI (throws plush mon­key on the floor): Mon­key fell! Call the doctor!
MOMMY: What did the doc­tor say?
LEXI: No more jump­ing on the bed.

😂 Feb­ru­ary 16, 2018
LEXI (in Gib­ber­ish): blah blah blah, okay, bye bye. (Slam­ming the phone motion)
MOMMY: Who did you just call?
LEXI: Person!

😍 Feb­ru­ary 14, 2018
LEXI (sings) 🎶: Dad­dy fin­ger, Dad­dy fin­ger, loves Mommy.
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?

🤓 Feb­ru­ary 5, 2018
I was telling Lexi the story.
DADDY: Owl flew down from the tree and warned the duck of the storm. Mom­ma Duck said—LEXI: Quack!
DADDY: Yes! And Mom­ma Duck also said, I am look­ing for Baby Duck.
LEXI: Where is Dad­dy Duck?
DADDY: …

😂 Feb­ru­ary 5, 2018
LEXI: LǎoPó, LǎoPó (Chi­nese for wife).
MOMMY: I am your moth­er!
LEXI runs over to Grand­ma: Ma!
MOMMY: I am your mother!

😂 Feb­ru­ary 3, 2018
DADDY: Lexi, would you like to drink some water?
LEXI: No! (Sings) 🎶 No no no no no no no no no no …
🎶MOMMY: Go to sleep. Lights out.
LEXI: One light on! (Break into songs, in Wheels on the Bus tune)
🎶 Na na na na na na na … 🎶

👍 Feb­ru­ary 2, 2018
LEXI: Mom­my, hold this.
MOMMY: I can’t, I am lay­ing down.
LEXI: Mom­my! Get up! Hold this!

😓 Jan­u­ary 30, 2018
DADDY: There is a doc­tor at my job—
LEXI: Doc­tor sees patients!
MOMMY: Yes! Would you like to be a doc­tor when you grow up?
LEXI: No! Be student.
DADDY: Right, you have to be a stu­dent before you be a doctor.
LEXI: Be Dad­dy! … Be Mom­my! … Be Aun­tie! … Be Binky!
MOMMY: You have so many roles, you can be an actress!

😑 Jan­u­ary 27, 2018
MOMMY: This is how you blow your nose, look at Mom­my and go like “Hmfff”
LEXI: Haa!
MOMMY: No! Hmfff!
LEXI: Haa!

😑 Jan­u­ary 27, 2018
MOMMY (singing): Nobody knows,
                                 and I am not telling you,
                                 I am not telling you.
LEXI: Why!?

😓 Jan­u­ary 26, 2018
LEXI: Dad­dy looks good!
DADDY: Thank—
LEXI: Mom­my looks good!
MOMMY: Oh, Thank you, bab—
LEXI: Baby looks best!

🤤 Jan­u­ary 25, 2018
LEXI (point­ing at Mom­my): Mom­my!
MOMMY: Who else?
LEXI: Grandma.
MOMMY: Who else?
LEXI: Baby!
MOMMY: And?
LEXI (point­ing at Dad­dy): This. I don’t know!

😑 Jan­u­ary 23, 2018
MOMMY: Lexi, Mom­my and Dad­dy are going to the super­mar­ket to get gro­ceries. We will be back soon. You stay home with Grandma!
LEXI: Baby watch TV! Mom­my goes to super­mar­ket! Dad­dy goes to super­mar­ket! Grand­ma goes to supermarket!

😓 Jan­u­ary 22, 2018
Mom­my was lay­ing in bed on her bel­ly, Lexi climbed on and shout­ed: “Ready. Steady. GO!”

😎 Before Jan­u­ary 20, 2018
GRANDMA: You are a big girl now.
LEXI: Call me Baby!