A conversation with a 2-year-old.

A conversation yesterday, while buckling Elise into her car seat. We had just left the Apple store. It was a frustrating hour-long errand. Tristan was still strapped into the stroller on the sidewalk.

Me: Should I get Nay Nay or leave him on the sidewalk?

Elise: Leave him on the sidewalk.

Me: But who will take care of him if we leave him?

Elise: Mama will take care of him.

Me: But how will Mama take care of him if I leave him there?

Elise: Silence. Presumably thinking.

Me: Should Nay Nay go home with us?

Elise: No.

Me: So Nay Nay should stay there and someone else will take care of him?

Elise: No, Mama will take care of him.

Me: Ok, nevermind.

Elise: Mama, go get Nay Nay.

And then it occurred to me that most of my conversations with grown adults sound about the same.