conversations with chi

today i had a couple funny conversations with malachi...

1) scene- walking home from dropping rayna off at school, we'd forgotten to bring his binky, so he 'couldn't' fall asleep, i was trying to distract him from his sadness:
mom: see the pick-up truck chi?
chi: i want my binky...
mom: look there's another truck. do you like trucks? do you want a truck like that when you're big?
chi: no.
mom: rayna likes bugs (vw's). afton likes jeeps, what kind of car do you like?
chi: train, garbage truck, dump truck (those may have been with a little prompting...)
mom: what do you to drive want when you're bigger?
chi: dump truck
chi: dump truck
mom: what color dump truck? red? blue? orange?
chi: ORANGE!!! (pause) ORANGE DUMP TRUCK!!!
(few minutes pass, i think he's distracted now...)
Chi: want an orange vacuum mom.

jump scene, nearly 4 hours later, after naptime and school are long over. chi talking with rayna over after-school snack.
chi: i wanna orange vacuum rayna
rayna: ????

2) scene-laying malachi down for his nap (with his much-loved binky)

Chi (agitated tone): mom, there's no monsters here!
mom: what? are you worried about monsters?
chi: mom there's no monsters in here... :(
mom: we can look for some monsters after your nap
chi: okay.