What Alex and Claire said

Claire: Don't color with my colors, don't even trick me that you did, okay Alex? (in the car) Alex: You know why looking at ho...

Claire: What are you looking at? Mommy: Facebook. Claire: What's Facebook? Mommy: Something on the internet.  A time-suck. Claire: ...

Claire: Daddy, when will the... the... the seasons stop? Claire: Show time! Claire: When it's time for a show, you say "show t...

Alex (to Claire): You're a bad guy!  Give it back! Claire: Bad guys don't give it back! Claire: I'm your baby Dora. (Mom...

Claire: Why does Mickey have gloves on? Alex (looking at James): James -- why do they say this is Mike?! Daddy: Did you do that at sc...

Alex: I was gonna lift weights today. Claire: I wanna stay a kid. Daddy: Yeah? Claire: 'Cause I like playing. Claire: I don’t wan...

(Caillou is eating ice cream.) Claire: When will we ever eat ice cream? (Claire got a short haircut yesterday.) Claire: I love my hai...

(Alex is using Mommy's special childhood spoon.) Claire: Mommy had it when she was a kid. Alex: It's a really old spoon, then? M...

Alex (to Mommy): I was gonna say something to you but I forgot. Alex: Daddy, how do you build trucks? Because trucks build things. With...

Claire: You know what all of my favorite colors are? Mommy: What? Claire: Aaaaaaall of the colors! Mommy: I thought pink and purple were...

Claire (to Alex, as she turns off the TV): After, I turn it off, if you wanna turn it back on so you can turn it off, you can do that. Al...

Alex: We still have to watch out for the orange juice, Claire. Claire: Yeah, but I have my shoes on. Alex: Yeah, but our shoes, are runni...

Claire: Daddy, I'm your baby kitty. Claire: When I put the waffle in my mouth, it didn't taste yummy. (Claire is saying she...

(Daddy is sitting on a stool, working on his computer at the kitchen counter.) Alex: You haven't sat on that stool, working on your c...

Claire: I can't wait for tomorrow. Alex: I can't wait to go to sleep. Claire: And I can't even wait for tomorrow, ‘cause I ca...

Claire: Daddy, what if I forget my teacher's name? Alex: I thought when it rained, it rained all the way around the world, and it d...

(driving to Busch Gardens) Claire: What was that car called, that was brown and went past us? Mommy: A jeep. Claire: But it didn't ...

Claire: Daddy, I like school because I like drawing. (after breakfast) Claire: Daddy, I'm clean, and I didn't get a wipe, and I...

Mommy (to Alex): What's wrong? Alex (upset): Claire said she washed hands better than me!

Alex: I don't wanna go to school. Claire: Daddy, is I'm clean? Alex: I’m gonna have more money than anybody in this world! ...

Claire: When do bad guys come out of the jail? Daddy: When they're not bad any more. Claire: There's not very much bad guys in t...

Claire: How do people make everything in the world? Claire: Why do they have a number on the back of the cars?

(Daddy is going to sit with Alex while Alex watches a kids' show.) Alex: Can you watch House Hunters with me, Mommy? Mommy: What? A...

(Claire and Alex come home.) Claire: Daddy, I got four stickers from the doctor, and I even got shots! Alex: I didn't get shots bu...

(dinner) Claire: I don't wanna be a grown-up. Daddy: You don't wanna be a grown-up?  Wh -- did someone say you have to be a grow...

Claire: Daddy? Daddy: Yeah? Claire: Yesterday was Saturday and today’s Sunday. Today we stay home. (Mommy painted Claire’s room.) Cl...

Claire: Mommy? What's the most things in the world? What's the most things in the world? Alex: Air. Claire: And trees. (Alex ...

Claire: Can kids eat ’ sparaguses? Daddy: Yeah, kids can eat asparagus. Claire: Are ’ sparaguses healthy? Daddy: Yeah, they're very ...

(Daddy is wearing his Hawaiian shirt.) Alex: I like your shirt. Claire: Are those your PJs? (Alex watches the coffee pot fill up.) A...

(going to Grandma’s house) Alex: Where are you guys gonna sleep? Grandma doesn't have a bed for you. Daddy: Yeah she does. Alex: B...

(Mommy is baking biscuits.) Claire: Oh!  What is that smell?  It smells like chocolate! Claire (running around, flapping her arms): Dad...

(Claire wakes up and comes downstairs.) Claire (excitedly): It's my birthday! (Daddy is still in bed.) Claire: It's my birthday...

(The temperature is 102F today.) Claire: How does the sun make it even hotter? Claire (pointing to the mixer): Mommy, why is that over t...

Claire: We’re gonna go to the Tannagle Garden after breakfast! (Alex and Claire went with Mommy to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens today....

(Alex buys a birthday present for Mommy at the dollar store, with his own money. The cashier gives him change.) Alex: Why does she give u...

(Daddy comes home from work.  Claire and Alex are watching TV, and Claire's baby kitty is sitting on a chair next to them.) Claire: We...

Claire: Bye! Make money! Bye! I love you! Bye Mommy! Have lots of fun! Alex: There's this type of dream, that isn't a dream. Wh...

Alex: Can we go to The Tyler Place again today? ‘Cause we went last year, in June. (Daddy mentions legumes.) Claire: What color's ...

Claire: Mommy? You wanna see something cool? Claire: Daddy? I wanna count by two thousand with nines. Alex: I'm gonna count to ...

Claire: Have lots of fun at work! Mommy: Have lots of fun at school! Claire: Make lots of money for us! Mommy: Okay!

(Claire is trying to clarify the "realness" of the Mickey Mouse characters.) Claire: And they're not real. Mommy: That'...

Claire: Mommy and Daddy, I'm your baby kitty. Mommy (to Alex): Have fun on your field trip. Alex: I wish you were with me. Claire:...

(Claire is alone in her room, getting dressed.) Claire (singing): I love everyone in the world Claire (singing): I love everyone in the s...

Claire: When is it Claire and Alex’s day? When we don't need to do anything? Alex: The years just keep on going, even after you die...

(After Alex's friend's party, Alex picks a purple balloon.) Alex (to Daddy): I'm gonna give this to Claire. (Later, Claire i...

Alex: Daddy, watch how I can take off my seatbelt! Claire: Now I can make a X! Alex: We missed you a lot. Daddy: Aw! I missed you guy...

(Daddy is on a business trip, and Claire and Alex talk to him on the phone.) Daddy: I miss you. Alex: I miss you, too. Claire: Is it w...

(Daddy is on a business trip, and Claire and Alex talk to him on the phone.) Alex: I went to Miss Jalbert’s class. Claire: And I went to...

(Daddy is on a business trip, and Claire and Alex talk to him on the phone.) Claire: I went to Preschool 2! Claire: And I wasn’t mean, ...

Alex (to Daddy): I need to do all my favorite things with you today. Because tomorrow you're leaving. (Claire is going to draw a t...

Claire: I love being at home, but what I love most is the beach. Alex: Daddy? Daddy: Yeah? Alex: Why do we have to go home?

Alex: That was cool! (An airplane flies by, pulling a Geico banner behind it.) Alex: An airplane is flying with a lizard! Alex: “Sav...

Claire: Daddy, can you play this game with me? Claire: After all the sticks are done, we should count them and see who gots the most, oka...

Alex: I liked yesterday because I liked seeing the sand flying across! Alex: Then we had to pack up so much! And we, almost, blew away!...

Alex: I liked yesterday because I liked seeing the sand flying across! Alex: Then we had to pack up so much! And we, almost, blew away!...

Alex: No. We had to stay up, because all the people who were telling us to look at the walls were playing... pianos. (Alex laughs.) Cl...

Mommy: Okay, what's your game? Claire: You need to say a color, that's outside, and, then the other person has to guess it. Ale...

Claire: Alex, you know what's my favorite things? Alex: What? Claire: Um, swinging with Alex, and -- Alex: Going to the beach! Clai...

Claire: Daddy? I’m gonna get a ball, and then everybody’s gonna watch me. It’s gonna be really funny. (Daddy finds a bouncy ball for Cl...

Alex: Mommy, we’re gonna have lots of fun at that beach house! I like the inside, the outside, and the screen porch. Alex: Mommy, when ...

Claire: You guys are the danger bad guys that are invisible. Claire: You need to come to our house and knock something down. Alex: No – ...

Alex (out of the blue): I don't do words anymore. Daddy: No, you don't. Alex: I don't say "play in the backyard with me...

Claire: I don't even have a rock collections.  I found rocks, I find rocks, but then I don't put rocks anywhere for a rock collecti...

Alex: So.  How was Montessori? Alex: Daddy? Daddy: Yeah? Alex: The dentist said I have more loose teeth! Daddy: Wow! Alex: Three mo...

(Alex and Claire are playing.) Alex (to Claire): Make him say, "Just try and stop me!" Green Goblin: Just try and stop me! C...

(Alex and Claire are getting ready to go to school, wearing their new shoes.) Alex: I think Zack and Zane are gonna say "Alex is too...

Alex: I'm gonna show Claire what I got when I wake up.  She wakes -- she wakes up, not I wake up. Alex: But, now I still have some...