Friday, September 4, 2009

You can't go to work. You're an elephant.


Alex: Daddy, can you rub my hair again, because it still hurts.


(Alex sees dust motes floating in a sunbeam.)
Alex: Straw! Dusty!
(Alex tries to eat one.)


(Alex pinches Daddy.)
Alex: Does it feel bad?
Daddy: Yes.
(Alex touches Daddy.)
Alex: Does this feel bad?
Daddy: No.
(Alex pinches a blanket.)
Alex: Does this?
Daddy: Nope.
(Alex pinches a pillow.)
Alex: Does this?
Daddy: Nope.
(Alex pinches another spot on the pillow.)
Alex: Does this?
Daddy: Nope.
(Alex pinches another pillow.)
Alex: Does this?
Daddy: Nope.
Alex: Does megob’ja?


Claire: Duck.


Claire: Chick.


(The Girl is in the bus, going to work.)
Elephant: I wanna go.
The Girl: You can't go to work. You’re an elephant.


Mommy: Time for stories.
Alex: No stories.
Mommy: Okay, no stories.
Alex (upset): Uh! I want stories! I want stories!


(The following remarks were made during Mommy’s reading of Corduroy. Mommy’s replies are omitted.)

Alex: What happened to her?
Alex: What happened to - what happened?
Alex: Where's his - where's his friends?
Alex: What hap - what's he ge - picking up?
Alex: What i - what is that?
Alex: And wha - what's he picking up?
Alex: And is it - not his?
Alex: What's that?
Alex: What's - what's the night watchman taking down?
Alex: What's she - what's she picking up?
Alex: What's she gonna buy that?
Alex: That?
Alex: That?
Alex: That?
Alex: This?
Alex: Where is – where’d all the toys go?
Alex: What happened - what happened to his face?

Mommy: The end.
Alex: Who - what's he picking up?
Mommy: He's picking up the button off the mattress.
Alex: And is it not his?
Mommy: It’s not his.
Alex: What's - what's he picking up Daddy?
Daddy: He’s picking up the button off the mattress.
Alex: Oh. Okay.
Alex: And what's this says?
Daddy: It says Corduroy.


(after songs)
Alex: Good singing, guys!
Mommy and Daddy: Stop it.

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