Sam thinks "Shall I ring Daddy again?"Yesterday evening, I’d nipped out to get the family a takeaway and, as I drove home, my mobile ‘phone rang.  I pulled over and checked the number – it was ‘Home’, so I answered.  The conversation went something like this (with translated toddler talk from Sam, aged two and a half):

Me: Hello?

Voice: Hello, Daddy!

Me: Sam?!

Sam: Hello, Daddy!

Me (thinking Kirsty has dialed and put Sam on): Hello, Sammy!  Is Mummy there?

Sam: Mummum?  No.

Me: OK… Is Arran there?

Sam: Arran?  No.

Me: Where is Arran?

Sam: Upstairs.

Me: Where’s Mummy?

Sam: Upstairs.

Me: OK… Sam, can you shout for Mummy, please?

Sam (softly): Mummum!

Me: Shout louder, Sam!

Sam (a little louder, but not much): Mummum!

Me: Sam, shout for Mummy really loud!

Sam (still not loud enough to be heard): Mummum!

Me: OK, Sam.  I’m going to go now, but I’ll be back home in about ten minutes.

Sam: Daddy?

Me: Yes, Sammy?

Sam: Chippies?

Me: Yes, Sam – I’ve got you some chippies.

Sam: Bye, Daddy!

*click*

When I got home we discovered Sam had pressed redial (thankfully I was the last person Kirsty had called) in order to speak to me.

Tommy

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