verbs are action words
Kinglet: More ketchup Mommy?
Lady: You have ketchup.
Kinglet: No, ketchup!
Lady: No.
Kinglet: (reaches for ketchup bottle) Ketchup!
Lady: (moves ketchup bottle out of reach) There is plenty of ketchup on your plate. Look. Right there.
Kinglet: (shrieking) No!!! Ketchup!!! (stands on chair and prepares to climb onto the table to get to the ketchup bottle)
Lady: Kinglet [child's full name] you are NOT getting any more ketchup. Do you need a time out?!?
Kinglet: No! I'm ketchuping!!!
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Lady: Kinglet, hold still!
Kinglet: No, I'm counting!
Lady: You can keep counting, but we have to put your pajamas on.
Kinglet: (squiriming frantically) One, two, three...
Lady: Kinglet [child's full name]... stay STILL!
Kinglet: four, five, six...
Lady: (walks off) I'm going to get your toothbrush.
Kinglet: No, I'm Twentying!
God-King: See, Mommy? Twenty is also a verb.
Kinglet: (tiny voice trailing down the hall) Twenty is also a werb, Mommy!
Lady: You have ketchup.
Kinglet: No, ketchup!
Lady: No.
Kinglet: (reaches for ketchup bottle) Ketchup!
Lady: (moves ketchup bottle out of reach) There is plenty of ketchup on your plate. Look. Right there.
Kinglet: (shrieking) No!!! Ketchup!!! (stands on chair and prepares to climb onto the table to get to the ketchup bottle)
Lady: Kinglet [child's full name] you are NOT getting any more ketchup. Do you need a time out?!?
Kinglet: No! I'm ketchuping!!!
***
Lady: Kinglet, hold still!
Kinglet: No, I'm counting!
Lady: You can keep counting, but we have to put your pajamas on.
Kinglet: (squiriming frantically) One, two, three...
Lady: Kinglet [child's full name]... stay STILL!
Kinglet: four, five, six...
Lady: (walks off) I'm going to get your toothbrush.
Kinglet: No, I'm Twentying!
God-King: See, Mommy? Twenty is also a verb.
Kinglet: (tiny voice trailing down the hall) Twenty is also a werb, Mommy!