You colour with me, Mommy?
Sure, Little.
I get the Elmo colouring book. Sit at the table. No, in this chair. I colour this page and you do it with me, okay?
You got it, bud.
It’s okay you can’t reach the page, Mommy, just hold your arm really benty. Yes, just like that. But don’t stop colouring. (Big Bird needs to be half-complete by the end of this, just like every other page in this book.)
You use the pink. Axshly, you all done with pink. I use that. Here’s a blue one. Why are you stopping? Move your colourer like this. Kay, I do this page – you do the grass. Blue is fine. BLUE. IS. FINE.
Move over, but don’t leave. I do it. Why aren’t you colour? No, I do it myself. I do it myself. I DO IT MYSELF.
Dinner time, please put your colouring things away, Little.
I all done now. You do it, Mommy.
Tough Bananas 
I’ve never tried colouring with the U. We always just color here without it. I do prefer crayons to markers for my coloring. Sometimes I color without the kids. It’s therapeutic.
It IS soothing, isn’t it? Even without U.
I might let u win the u debate this once, Jan.
U are too kind.
Victory!