Baby-Sitting Tolerance

## Plot Summary

When Debbie goes out for her book club meeting, she leaves Sydney and Olive in charge of watching over Corbin while she and Max are out and about.

## Transcript

(Sydney and Olive are watching Eric the Happy Go Lucky Rabbit and Pals with Corbin (in Sydney's arms and on Sydney's lap) on the television screen. and Debbie comes right in before she heads out the front door.)

Debbie: "now, OIive. while I'm at my book club meeting, and, Sydney, while your father's at work at the Reynolds Rides, I want you two girls to be responsible and loving and caring for Corbin while we're gone out. Judy's in the dining room if you need her for anything."

Olive: "you can count on us, Mom."

Sydney: "Corbin will have the super best baby-sitting adventures with both of us."

Debbie: "good. now just don't get involved in one of those super big annual prank battle fights. or you two will be grounded for another week."

(Debbie goes out the front door. and she makes her leave.)

Olive: "okay, Corbin."

Sydney: "here comes the giant tickle machine!"

(Sydney and Olive begin tickling Corbin. and he giggles in delight. and Corbin’s stomach begins grumbling a bit.)

Olive: “uh oh.”

Sydney: “sounds like Corbin’s real super hungry.”

Olive: “let’s get him his lunch meals.”

(Sydney and Olive take Corbin into the kitchen. and they prepare his lunch meals of mashed carrots, strained peas, boiled beets, mashed bananas and pureéd peaches.)

Sydney: “come on, Corbin.”

Olive: “open the gates of the main hangar.”

(Corbin opens his mouth. and Sydney and Olive successfully begin feeding him.)

Sydney: “he really loves them.”

Olive: “I bet he just can’t even resist the tastes and scents of them as well neither.”

(Later on, Sidney and Olive are taking Corbin for a walk around in the park in his baby-buggy.)

Sydney: “look, Corbin. that’s a male squirrel and a female squirrel.”

Olive: “can you say the word squirrel for us, please?”

Corbin: “squiwwew. squiwwew.”

Sydney: “good, Corbin. good.”

Olive: “now can you say the word prairie dog?”

Corbin: “pwaiwie dog. pwaiwe dog.”

Olive: “ good, Corbin. you’re beginning to say your own words.”

(Later on at home in the Reynolds family members’ house, Corbin’s now crying nonstop. and Sydney checks her baby half-brother’s pamper to see if it’s wet or not.)

Sydney: “false alarm. he’s not even wet. he’s perfectly clean as a shiny golden whistle.”

(Sydney begins whistling the instrumental parts of *Walk of Life* by Dire Straits. and Judy enters the living room.)

Judy: “hey, girls. how’s it going?”

Sydney: “terrible and horrible, Grandma Judy. Corbin’s been constantly crying nonstop. and Olive and I can’t even figure out exactly why.”

Olive: “yeah. even I tried everything to get my baby brother to stop. he’s not even wet nor hungry nor tired nor thirsty nor teething. he’s got his farm critters blankie and his plush toy gorilla.”

Judy: “well? (She picks Corbin up in her arms.) sometimes most babies cry all the time and you don’t even know the exact reason. (She looks right at her half-grandson.) it’s gonna be okay, Corbin sweetie
cakes. you two girls did plenty of crying when you were his age. but try to have a bit of patience with him. okay?”

Sydney: “well. okay. I guess we’re just gonna need to deal with it.”

Olive: “hey. I got a super good idea.”

Sydney: “well? what’s that, Olive?”

Olive: “Mr. Dimples the tap dancing and singing elephant. the fun thrilled toy I had when I was Corbin’s age. it always cheered me up a lot.”

(Meanwhile by the old toy chest………)

Olive: “here he is. I found him. (She shows Corbin Mr. Dimples.) look, Corbin. it’s Mr. Dimples.”

(Olive pushes down on Mr. Dimples’ left foot. and *Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes* begins playing on it.)

Mr. Dimples: ***Head, shoulders, knees and toes***

***knees and toes***

Mr. Dimples (continued): ***head, shoulders, knees and toes***

***Knees and toooooes***

Mr. Dimples: ***and eyes and ears***

***and mouth and nose***

Mr. Dimples (continued): ***head, shoulders, knees and toes***

***knees and toes***

(Corbin just stopped crying a bit.)

Corbin: “Dim-Dim. Dim-Dim.”

Sydney: “hey. wow. it really worked perfectly like a touch of magic.”

Olive: “oh good. we just got him to stop crying.”

Sydney: “now let’s get him prepared for dinner meal time.”

Olive: “super good idea. let’s take him downstairs to the kitchen and dining room.”

Sydney (picking up Corbin in her arms): “come on, Corbin. let’s get you something yummy good to eat around here.”

(Sydney (with Corbin in her arms) and Olive walk around on their way to the kitchen to help Judy prepare their dinner meal.)

Judy: “well, girls? Corbin’s gonna really love it when we mash these cooked carrots and boiled beets up just yummy good for him.”

Sydney: “yeah, Grandma Judy.”

Olive: “he really loves it when you say open the gates of the main hangar while you feed him his breakfast, lunch and dinner meals.”

(The meatloaf dinner meal’s now prepared. along with the mashed taters, gravy and succotash as well too. and later on, the entire half-family’s enjoying it themselves.)

Sydney (feeding Corbin his mashed carrots): “come on, Corbin. you can do it.”

Olive (feeding Corbin his strained beets): “open the gates of the main hangar.”

(Corbin begins eating his mashed carrots and strained beets.)

Sydney: “he really loves them more than anything.”

Olive: “which of course he really loves us. his big loving and caring sister.”

Sydney: “and his big half-sister as well too.”

(Just then, two cars are heard arriving at the Reynolds family members’ house.)

Olive: “Mom and Max are home now!”

(Sydney, Olive and Judy (with Corbin in her arms) go over to the front door to let Max and Debbie inside.)

Max: “hey, girls.”

Debbie: “how was Corbin this evening?”

Max: “was he well behaved?”

Sydney: “he sure was, Dad and Debbie.”

Olive: “he’s always been in our care all the time.”

(Sydney and Olive begin kissing Corbin a bit. much to Max and Debbie’s delight.)

Max: “now that’s real super nice, loving and caring.”

Debbie: “you three are always staying in proper control while we’re still around.”

Sydney: “just as long as he didn’t get a super major case of the hiccups. nor that he’s way too jumpy.”

Olive: “it’s okay with all of us by the way.”

Max: “you know what I really think? I really think we should all get prepared for bedtime.”

Debbie: “hey. that’s not a super bad idea.”

Sydney: “come on, Corbin. let’s get you prepared for bedtime. (She picks Corbin up in his arms. and he rubs his eyes.) goodnight, everybody.”

Max, Debbie and Olive: “goodnight, Sydney.”

(They all go upstairs to their separate bedrooms. and Sydney takes Corbin over to his crib in his bedroom. and she puts him in it. and he yawns a bit.)

Sydney: “okay. here we go. (She kisses Corbin on his forehead.) goodnight, Corbin. my little half-brother.”

(Sydney goes back to hers and Olive’s bedroom. and they all fall asleep in their separate beds and crib. and the very next morning in school, in study hall, Sydney and Olive begin telling Emma, Sophia and
Trixie about everything Corbin really enjoys.)

Emma: “so what does your baby half-brother really enjoy, Sydney?”

Sydney: “well? Corbin really loves eating all sorts of mashed carrots, boiled beets, pureéd peaches and mashed bananas for his breakfast, lunch and dinner meals. and he even enjoys listening to *Itsy Bitsy Spider*, and some of *The Wiggles* greatest hits. including *Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes*, *Rock-A-Bye your Bear* and of course *Fruit Salad*. yummy, yummy.”

Sophia: “oh my gosh, Sydney. he’s real adorably cute and snuggly.”

(Janice Pringle enters the study hall room.)

Janice Pringle: “okay, students. George Washington, the first president of our United States, was noted for saying the most super popular quote.”

Emma: “okay. the first one who eats all twelve regular and saltine crackers then whistles the loudest and longest, wins the entire challenge game.”

Sophia: “let’s go for it.

(Emma and Sophia begin eating the twelve regular and saltine crackers. and Emma whistles the loudest and longest first. and Sophia whistles the loudest and longest second.)

Janice Pringle: “oh my word. now who dares to eat regular and saltine crackers and whistle in study hall?”

Sydney: “Emma? Sophia?”

Olive: “we think Ms. Pringle’s looking right at both of you.”

(Meanwhile in Principal Linkenberry’s office………)

Principal Linkenberry: “I’m terribly sorry, girls. but I must convince you that I won’t allow any cracker eatin’ and whistlin’ in class nor study hall under any conditions.”

Emma: “yes, Principal Linkenberry sir.”

Sophia: ‘we won’t ever do that again.”

(Later on with Sydney, Olive, Emma, Sophia and Trixie during lunch meal time……..)

Trixie: “how’s your baby half-brother, Corbin doing, Sydney?”

Sydney: “he’s doing real super good. he just really loves *The Wiggles* and *Blue’s Clues*, *Bubble Guppies* and *Sesame Street* characters more than anything.”

Olive: “especially *Billy the Purple Dragon and His Backyard Pals* as well too.”

Sophia: “oh my gosh. I would really love to meet him.”

Emma: “so would I.”

Trixie: “I heard he’s real super adorably cute when he smiles at everything.”

Olive: “super good idea.”

Sydney: “come on over to our house. we’ll show all of you exactly how we handle my baby half-brother.”

(Meanwhile back home at the Rozalzki-Reynolds half-family members’ house, Olive’s holding Corbin on her lap and in her arms.)

Emma: “oh my gosh, Olive.”

Sophia: “look how super good you really are with your baby brother.”

Emma: “hi there, Corbin. I’m Emma Mendoza.”

Sophia: “I’m Sophia Gottfried.”

Trixie: “I’m Trixie Liotta.”

Sophia: “she moved here two days ago.”

(Corbin doesn’t even say anything. he just smiles real super nicely at the five girls.)

Sydney (tickling Corbin’s chin): “Corbin. you’re such a little sweet cutie cakes.”

(Meanwhile, Sydney (with Corbin on her lap and in her arms this time), Olive, Emma, Sophia and Trixie are watching a clip from *Super, Thrilling, Excitement Wiggles* with Simon and Captain Feathersword in it during the *Five Little Ducks* segment.)

Sydney: “look, Corbin. a kid-family-friendly show with all sorts of music and songs that are kid-family-friendly.”

***Simon: Five little ducks went out one day***

***over the hills and far away***

***Simon (continued): Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: but only four little ducks came back***

***Simon (continued): four little ducks went out one day***

***over the hills and far away***

***Simon: Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: but only three little ducks came back***

***Simon (continued): three little ducks went out one day***

***over the hills and far away'***

***Simon: Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: but only two little ducks came back***

***Simon (continued): two little ducks went out one day***

***over the hills and far away***

***Simon: Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: but only one little duck came back***

***Simon (continued): one little duck went out one day***

***over the hills and far away***

***Simon: Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: but none of the five little ducks came back.***

***Simon: “oh dear. that made Father Duck real sad.”***

***Captain Feathersword: “oh yeah. so he went out looking for the five little ducks.”***

***(The music on the television screen begins again.)***

***Simon: old Father Duck went out one day***

***over the hills and far away***

***Simon (continued): Father Duck said***

***Captain Feathersword: quack, quack, quack, quack***

***Simon: and all of the five little ducks came back.***

(A few minutes later after a bit of play around time, Sydney, Olive, Emma, Sophia and Trixie are getting prepared to have a photo session with Corbin.)

Olive: “Sophia? would you mind holding Corbin for a bit? Sydney, Emma and I wanna get a super good photo of him.”

Sophia (Olive hands Corbin over to her.): “no, Olive. I won’t even mind at all. (She’s now got Corbin in her arms.) hi there, adorably cute little sweet boy.”

Sydney: “okay, Sophia and Corbin.”

Olive: “look this way.”

(Sydney and Olive snap a photo of Sophia holding Corbin in her arms on their smartphones.)

Sydney: “perfectly good.”

Olive: “we can hardly wait to take another one of him with Billy the Purple Dragon at the shopping mall tomorrow afternoon.”

(Later that evening, everybody’s asleep in their separate beds and crib. and the very next morning, they’re all driving around on their way to the Boseman-Leachman Memorial Shopping Mall.)

Billy: “hi there, everybody. Billy the Purple Dragon here. with all of my backyard pals. and hey. who’s this, Sydney and Olive?”

Sydney: “Billy? this is my baby half-brother, Corbin.”

Olive: “my baby brother’s always mesermized by your songs and activities.”

Billy: “well then. come on up here, little sweet boy. (He takes Corbin in his arms and on his lap.) there we go.”

(Olive takes a photo of Corbin smiling in Billy’s arms and on Billy’s lap.)

Olive: “look, Mom and Max.”

Sydney: “Corbin’s smiling. ‘cause he just met Billy the Purple Dragon.”

Max: “I think we should have these photos of Corbin printed. and put in a photo album.”

Debbie: “what a super wonderful idea.”

Sean: “reminds us of our childhood years.”

(The entire episode ends with the entire Rozalzk-Reynolds half-family members laughing a bit.)