Setup: It's an on-call day and I'm working in the basement. Jen had been up in the middle of the night, but was asleep when my alarm went off. I am trying to keep the girls quiet. Melanie (4) is sitting with me while I work. I reach a point in my tasks where I'm almost ready to head into the office.
Andy: Ok, sweetie. It's time to go upstairs. Daddy wants to check on mommy.
Melanie: Mommy wants to sleep until 7:30...
Andy: Well, it's after 7:30 now.
Melanie: ... she told me to tell you that.
Andy: Oh. But you didn't tell me that.
Melanie: I did now.
Andy: Thank you, dear. Did she want me to wake her up at 7:30?
Melanie: No.
Andy: But she told you to tell me that she wants to sleep?
Melanie: No.
Andy: Ok. Let's try again. When you went into mommy's room, what did she say?
Melanie: She wanted to sleep until 7:30.
Andy: Did she say anything else?
Melanie: No.
Andy: So, she didn't ask you to tell me?
Melanie: No, she did ask me to tell you.
Andy: So, she did ask you to tell me?
Melanie: Yes.
Andy: Did she tell you anything else?
Melanie: No.
Andy: Are you sure?
Melanie: Yes.
I know I don't have the exact exchange, as we looped through a few more times, but that's the basic flavor of it. I would have loved her to have answered "third base" at some point in there.
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