Friday Grandbaby Blogging (Cinema Verite)

SCENE ONE: GRAMMA'S HOUSE, THURSDAY, 4 AM. BEANIE IS ASLEEP ON HER ELMO FLIP OUT SOFA BED AT THE FOOT OF GRAMMA'S BED. GRAMMA IS ASLEEP IN BED.

BEANIE: (CRYING, SHOUTING) Mommy, Mommy, I needa go poopie!

GRAMMA: C'mon Beanie, I'm here, let's go potty.

BEANIE: I needa go poopie. (SHE HOLDS GRAMMA'S HAND, GRAMMA PUTS POTTY CHAIR ON TOILET, HELPS BEANIE CLIMB UP.) Gramma, you vait. (HUMS A BIT) Gramma, I done.

GRAMMA: Good job, Beanie. Let's clean up. (GRAMMA HELPS, THEN THEY WASH HANDS). Okay, it's still night, let's go back to bed.

BEANIE: It still night. I seep in Gramma's bed.

GRAMMA: (MELTING) Of course you can. (HELPS BEANIE CLIMB IN.) It's still dark, Mommy's sleeping, so let's go back to sleep.

BEANIE: Still dork. Mommy seeping. Gramma seeping.

(THEY GO BACK TO SLEEP. THIRTY MINUTES PASS.)

BEANIE: (POKING GRAMMA) Gramma, stop making noise! (GRAMMA IS BUSTED.)

SCENE TWO: BACK IN CHICAGO, AT BEANIE'S HOME. MOMMY IS READING GOOD NIGHT STORY TO BEANIE, AND AT END OF STORY, LITTLE BEAR GOES TO SLEEP. BEANIE SMILES. SHE LIES DOWN, PRETENDS TO GO TO SLEEP.

BEANIE: Mommy, Gramma seeping. (BEANIE BEGINS TO "SNORE" LOUDLY. MOMMY STARTS LAUGHING, BEANIE LAUGHS TOO.)

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