Talking to the house

After violin lessons, Sweet Pea asked to call her dad and tell him how well she did today. I dialed the number and handed her the phone and listened to her talk for a minute. Then she informed me that dad was not responding to her. I, thinking that she knew what she was talking about, called the number back and received the answering machine. I left a message and then tried his cell phone, only to be greeted by another answering service. After putting Sweet Pea in her car seat, I asked her what dad said before she told me that he was not talking. Sweet Pea responded, "I must have been talking to the house." Apparently, Sweet Pea received the answering machine and immediately started talking without listening first.