When Dada gets home from work, Austen tells him about the things she got in trouble for that day, but not necessarily in a guilty manner. Examples:
“Don’t pull Mama’s hair.” “Don’t drink Mama’s drink.” “Don’t tickle friends in the face. Tickle here. [pointing to belly]” “He was crying at the store. He wanted white shoes. Dada says that’s silly.”[Austen refers to herself as he, me, Austen or she.] “He’s not sit this way in Austen’s car seat.”
[sitting backwards in the car seat] Austen also repeats things to Grandpa, Grandma Mindy and Chacha. “Don’t wake up in the night.” [referring to Dada’s reminders at bedtime] “Don’t pull the tail.” [referring to cat’s tail] “Put the hat on. It’s cold. [after putting the hat on, she’ll say] See, now it’s not cold.”