So the boys are big talkers (at least at home - they get a bit shy when they're out!) - no one is ever without anything to say and they both want to be in the limelight with all the attention on them when they are talking.
They have 5 Golden Rules (and probably a 100 other minor ones!) :
Rule No. 1 - If they are talking, we must listen!
Rule No. 2 - We must listen until they want to stop talking.
Rule No. 3 - Everything that they say should be classed as URGENT and deserves immediate attention.
Rule No. 4 - If each statement is not acknowledged, they will repeat it 10 times just to make sure that we are listening.
Rule No. 5 - If we do not agree or their requests are not granted they will repeat it 100 times before they give up.
Ewan is getting quite good with getting across what he wants to say, though we still get stuck sometimes. We will keep taking guesses, while he says angrily and frustrated, "NO not that!". Then when we get it he'll exclaim in a matter of fact voice,
"That what me talkin' 'bout"
Very funny - especially the tone of voice!
Liam is understood easily enough, but the problem with him is that he just wants to talk and talk all day - and no, not hold a conversation with me - but for HIM to do the talking and me to do the listening and no one ever to interrupt. He gets very stroppy if he's interrupted, though it's ok for him to do it. As soon as he says "Excuse Me mum", I must stop whatever conversation I am having to listen to him. If I don't, he tells me "It's really important!". So I stop and listen, and Liam usually has something to say along these lines.... "So, in Star Wars, why did Obi-Wan......." - very important to an almost 5 year old, who loves Star Wars!!
Liam is also very authoritative - I overheard him and Ewan in the bath the other night, Liam was saying "Ewan, look up at the roof. Put your head back so I can pour water on your head" - and yes, there was Ewan, looking at the ceiling obidiently!!
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