the wiener mom asks for a moment of (relative) silence

Quiet. I miss it. I have wieners who speak- a lot. all day. both of them at the same time. all the time. you get the point...

What are they saying? The same things over and over again, duh!?! I like to refer to it as verbal diarrhea- stuff just pours out of their mouths. Meaningless stuff-mostly. They just talk ALL DAY LONG.

It all started with big wiener. He's a talker. I guess that I might have something to do with it. I'm a talker and I encouraged talking from a very early age (why? why I ask!) By the time he was two big wiener was trying to include me in everything he did by giving me a running commentary, which I was in turn expected to comment on.
big wiener: the car is red. I like the car. the car is really good. and on and on and on...
Now, no where in this description of the car was I questioned or even referred to, so I listen and don't say anything.
big wiener: MOM! the car is red! etc, etc...

So it began. It has gotten to the point periodically where I have to tell him that I need to turn off my ears, because he can't turn off his MOUTH! Even when my ears are turned off, he doesn't stop talking. He talks to himself, or his brothers, or continues to talk to me. My brain is on overload.

So now we have middle wiener, also a talker, of course. Besides being a talker though, he's a screamer. When he doesn't get an immediate response to a query; HE SCREAMS IT. Effective to say the least.

Now little wiener is starting to make noises, you know the pre-talking ones. What I really want to say to him is, "shhhhh." but I don't because language is a gift and so important and blah, blah, blah.

There are moments in days when I just really want to scream myself- SHUT UP. but of course I don't. I nod and smile and "hmmm" in all the right places because that's what the wiener mom is supposed to do.