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Blair Gets Real About Becoming A Big Sister
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Our 3-year-old is about to become a big sister to twins — and she has a lot of thoughts about it!
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SPEAKER_00Can you say time with that?
SPEAKER_01Time's dad. So what's with this parkour story?
SPEAKER_00Just me and you on the podcast.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How do you like it?
SPEAKER_02Good.
SPEAKER_00You gonna look at me?
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You're not looking at me. This is oh yeah, look, you're getting good at this. Knowing you gotta just the microphone?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You're like a professional, huh?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How long you've been professional?
SPEAKER_01As much as it's well blocked, walking void.
SPEAKER_00Do you have an agent?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What's your agent's name?
SPEAKER_01Um.
SPEAKER_00Friend?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Do you still have only five friends?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Blair?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I'm happy you're back on the podcast.
SPEAKER_01You're welcome.
SPEAKER_00So you said you want to be on a podcast to talk to me?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What you want to talk about?
SPEAKER_01Um, but uh black blocks.
SPEAKER_00What do you want to talk about?
SPEAKER_01Baglucks.
SPEAKER_00What's that?
SPEAKER_01Baglux.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, but just because you whisper doesn't mean I know what that is. What is that? Do you know what I want to talk about?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Guess. Guess what do you think I want to talk about?
SPEAKER_01Um, ambulance.
SPEAKER_00Ambulance?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Well, we could talk about what we talked about in the past, but this episode, I want to talk about you being a big sister.
SPEAKER_01Okay. I just pull in my bangers again.
SPEAKER_00Blair, I have a question for you. Are crocodiles still your pets?
SPEAKER_01No.
SPEAKER_00Who's your pet now?
SPEAKER_01Bunny.
SPEAKER_00You have a bunny?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. A dog.
SPEAKER_00You have a dog?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How many dogs?
SPEAKER_01Two.
SPEAKER_00What's your dog's names?
SPEAKER_01Bella Quicket.
SPEAKER_00Yeah? Do you have a favorite?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. It's older than mommy, the bell sweeping and quicket sweeping.
SPEAKER_00Yeah? Well, what do you have a favorite dog?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Who's your favorite?
SPEAKER_01Uh Bella Quicket.
SPEAKER_00Oh, you like both of them. Do you have a favorite animal?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What's your favorite animal?
SPEAKER_01Bunny.
SPEAKER_00What sound does the bunny make?
SPEAKER_01Hop.
SPEAKER_00I know that's what it does, but what sound does a bunny make? Do you know what sound it makes?
SPEAKER_01He's a little bony and he's a good hop.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, he does hop.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he's a hop because a crocodile is he can snap.
SPEAKER_00A crocodile will do what? He snaps?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he can.
SPEAKER_00That a crocodile's dangerous.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he can switch this.
SPEAKER_00Yep. Yeah, like this because he's working with So the last time I told you a crocodile's gonna bite you, you said no. Is it gonna bite you now?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he's for me too.
SPEAKER_00Really?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Oh my goodness.
SPEAKER_01I'm running away in the crocodile.
SPEAKER_00You running away from them now?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and you They found you? Yeah, and uh you saved me.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I saved you. Now, Blair, I wanna ask you, do you know how to make any silly sounds? Can you talk into the microphone?
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Alright. Can you make a silly sound? Silly. Can you do it louder?
SPEAKER_02Sally!
SPEAKER_00Oh how. Blair, you're such a silly girl. You wanna hear something crazy?
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00We didn't even know you were silly, me and mommy.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Your mama told us you was a silly girl. And you know how we found out you was a silly girl?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00We found out he's a silly girl because we walked into Mavo's house and you had a Koolander on your head, and you was running around like it was like it was a hat. Alright, Bluff. I wanna know. What is inside mommy's belly?
SPEAKER_01A baby.
SPEAKER_00How many?
SPEAKER_01Two.
SPEAKER_00Two babies?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00And what is mommy having? Boys or girls?
SPEAKER_01Girls and boys.
SPEAKER_00She's having girls and boys?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Who told you mommy's having bla uh boys and girls?
SPEAKER_01Boys mommy.
SPEAKER_00Mommy told you she's having boys and girls?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I don't think so. I think mommy's having boys.
SPEAKER_01No, mom. It's in girls and boys, daddy.
SPEAKER_00Is that which one do you want mommy to have? A boy or a girl?
SPEAKER_01Boys and girls.
SPEAKER_00You wanted to have both?
SPEAKER_01Yep.
SPEAKER_00Do you think the the twins are gonna be just like you?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You think they're gonna be silly like you?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I I can be her gonna I take it up to for the babies. Wait, Daddy.
SPEAKER_00I don't know.
SPEAKER_01I even know I didn't know I'm taking up the babies.
SPEAKER_00Are you gonna are you gonna like feed the babies?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What else?
SPEAKER_01Play for babies, take a nap on babies, and wake up for the babies once.
SPEAKER_00That sounds good. Do you think the babies are gonna look like you, me, mommy, or Avery? Which one?
SPEAKER_01Avery and me.
SPEAKER_00That's a good guess. I think they're gonna look like you guys too.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, baby's gonna look like us. Yeah, I I was care of the pink one, and Aaron, the blue one.
SPEAKER_00Alright, so you're gonna take care of the pink one, and Avery's gonna take care of the blue one?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Oh, so you already got outfits picked out.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I can't with the baby porn. I can't with them.
SPEAKER_00No, you can't reach them now. Do you want to hold the babies?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You think you're strong enough?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You know how to hold the baby? Have you ever held a baby before?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he's right to splat me up and he's right to splash me.
SPEAKER_00Get out of here.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he means grub daddy, white. Why not?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, you're right. You're right. Now, when you found out mommy was having babies.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, a bad baby stamps, white.
SPEAKER_00Right.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he means a baby stomach.
SPEAKER_00Baby pajamas, cool. Are you happy you're gonna be a big sister?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What did you think when mommy told you you were gonna be a big sister?
SPEAKER_01Is everybody and sister Airy?
SPEAKER_00And you're Ari's sister.
SPEAKER_01No, I'm Blair.
SPEAKER_00You're just Blair.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I noticed that. You like to say you're just Blair. Every time I ask you something, you say no, I'm Blair.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I'm not Airy, I'm Blair. Aries Aerie.
SPEAKER_00Well, I know that. But you're gonna be big sister Blair now.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Are you gonna sing lullabies to the babies?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Which lullabies?
SPEAKER_01Um, bedtime music.
SPEAKER_00Bedtime music? Can you sing a bedtime song?
SPEAKER_01Bedbies.
SPEAKER_00Do you know any?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00What's your favorite?
SPEAKER_01Uh Volvo Bud and No Sick.
SPEAKER_00Lullabies and music?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and Gummy Bear because the babies want to dump.
SPEAKER_00The gummy bear song?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, gummy bear song. Cause baby can he's kissing up. Because baby can dump. He's not a bull or girl.
SPEAKER_00They're not they're not big enough to jump yet?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so the babies are too high for it. And I got the babies. I got her. So I got the baby. So every never every got the babies because he's got it.
SPEAKER_00Now, do you think you're gonna be a good big sister?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, because babies can grow.
SPEAKER_00They can't grow?
SPEAKER_01You're like like this.
SPEAKER_00Oh, they can't crawl.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Not yet.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, daddy.
SPEAKER_00Are you gonna teach them?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How?
SPEAKER_01Maybe to teach them on a time.
SPEAKER_00Is it gonna be a lot of work?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Do you think the babies are gonna like mess up your sleep schedule?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Do you have somewhere important to be?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Where do you gotta be?
SPEAKER_01Like baby body kid, like those kiddos.
SPEAKER_00What?
SPEAKER_01Kidders.
SPEAKER_00Kidders?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What is that?
SPEAKER_01For the kiddos for babies. When the babies can't fit. When the baby can fit daddy.
SPEAKER_00Can't fit what?
SPEAKER_01Like poor babies.
SPEAKER_00Blair! I heard you was the line leader.
SPEAKER_01Yeah!
SPEAKER_00What's that mean?
SPEAKER_01Blair's Y we don't daddy.
SPEAKER_00And what's what's your responsibilities as a line leader? You think you're gonna be a good big sister? Is Avery a good big brother?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How is he a good big brother? Can you tell me what does he do to make him a good big brother?
SPEAKER_01A toy. And and Dole House, too. And and it's wobble wobble wobble.
SPEAKER_00Wobble wobble wobble. So do you think you're gonna teach the babies anything?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What do you want to teach the babies?
SPEAKER_01Um, dance.
SPEAKER_00To dance?
SPEAKER_01Yep.
SPEAKER_00Do you know how to dance?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I never see you dance that much.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, you too, my daddy.
SPEAKER_00What about me? Wiggle wiggle. You wiggle your hips. Are you tired? You wanna take a nap? You look tired.
SPEAKER_01No, I want to dance.
SPEAKER_00You want to dance?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I'm gonna make a little. You devast me, Daddy, you're this.
SPEAKER_00You want me to dance with you?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Are you gonna teach me how to dance?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, you gotta wiggle and waist on the best and like this. Okay, Daddy, you'll do like this.
SPEAKER_00What's like this?
SPEAKER_01Like we start the best home and well like that.
SPEAKER_00Oh, I didn't know you know that song.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I did I sang it.
SPEAKER_00Who's your favorite superhero?
SPEAKER_01Uh you. Me? Yeah, you did my s I don't want to do myself. I went with mommy. Hey, I love this mom.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. You sleep every night almost with mommy.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I I was still the noise. So is my first kid? I don't know if the noise.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. So you go sleep with mommy because you want to check on the babies?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What are you thinking you're gonna do?
SPEAKER_01Baby three, baby noise two.
SPEAKER_00Yeah? But what about Blair the big sister? Does Blair the big sister need some privacy?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00What kind of privacy are you looking for?
SPEAKER_01Um, put babies because babies can call my room because you can see only in the scribes.
SPEAKER_00Only in the crib? What happens if I put the babies in your room?
SPEAKER_01Cause having a baby is me to put in a room.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, but what if I put them in your room? Do you know what a mentor means? What's it mean to be a mentor?
SPEAKER_01Like night time like a night.
SPEAKER_00Like a night time?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Are you gonna help the babies with the bottles?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I can help with the babies.
SPEAKER_00You're gonna help with the bottles?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I s I I can I show up in all my babies. It's one baby gonna is a cool baby gonna it's who is how Yep, and so there's two babies.
SPEAKER_00You're gonna feed both of them?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You're gonna feed two babies at the same time?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, Avi can bring them because he's born one and I'll bring two and sweet. I don't want to say.
SPEAKER_00Wait, so Ay's gonna feed one, you're gonna feed the other one?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay. Now, what about this? What about the pacifiers? Are you gonna help with the passy?
SPEAKER_01Um, sweep poor baby can go and sweep two and put it in grubs.
SPEAKER_00So you're gonna put the pacifiers so the baby can sleep good? What about the diapers? Talk to me in the mic real quick. I wanna ask you a question.
SPEAKER_01Diapers pull babies so you stinky. So they're stinky? You gotta still pee or score taste or white.
SPEAKER_00What about if the diapers poop?
SPEAKER_01Because diapers can't poop. Only just white because she became the baby.
SPEAKER_00Let me ask you this. If I ask you to help change the babies and the diapers full of poop, are you gonna help me?
SPEAKER_01No. Ari don't want it in the space.
SPEAKER_00Avery doesn't want it in his space?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, okay. I don't want Ari eat the poop.
SPEAKER_00You don't want to eat in the poop?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, Blue Black Eating the Poopy.
SPEAKER_00What book what books are you gonna read to the baby?
SPEAKER_01Um, Red.
SPEAKER_00Red. You like that book, right?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00Do you do you know it by heart?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I would read the Owen Baby.
SPEAKER_00That's the book you like to read.
SPEAKER_01I can read the Whoopi. I wanna read a boob, and I want to read paint.
SPEAKER_00Blair? Sounds like you have it all figured out. I I'm gonna ask you for one last thing.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_00Can you can you outro the show? What if you wanted to end the show? What's the one thing you want to say to everybody who's listening? Can you talk into the mic and tell everybody what's the one thing you want to tell them? What do you want to tell everybody?
SPEAKER_01Bright and pink.
SPEAKER_00Bright and pink? Okay. All right, Blair. Well, it seems like this episode you didn't want to talk about being a big sister. You just wanted to talk about the babies. All right, let's go to your room. You wanna go dance now? Yeah, come on, daddy.
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