So many toys.

Daddy: Bring me some letters, Alex, and I’ll tell you what they say. I’ll tell you what sounds they make.
(Alex brings over the letter Y.)
Alex: Y!
Daddy: That’s right! Y says yuh, yuh, yuh.
Alex: Yuh, yuh, yuh.
Daddy: Like yes, and Yeti, and yucky, and yummy, and yellow.
Alex: And red!
Daddy: Okay, go get another letter.
(Alex brings over the letter B.)
Alex: P!
Daddy: No, that’s B. It says buh, buh.
Alex: Buh, buh.
Daddy: What words start with buh?
Alex: Um… circle.
Daddy: No, B starts words like boy.
Alex: Like Alex! Alex the Boy.


Mommy: I need to make a grocery list.
Alex: I need to make a grocery list too.
Mommy: What do you want from the store, Alex?
Alex: Food.
Mommy: What else? More specifically.
Alex: Waffles.
Mommy: Already on the list. What else?
Alex: Um, Cheerios.
Mommy: I think we already have plenty of Cheerios. What else?
Alex: Life cereal.
Mommy: Okay.


(Alex sings a song.)
Mommy and Daddy (clapping): Yay!
Alex (shyly): Stop it.


Alex: Would you go on a desert island? Will you take shells?
Daddy: Shells?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: Yeah.

Daddy: What would you take to a desert island?
Alex: Seashells.


(Alex and Daddy are walking down the cleaning products aisle at the grocery store.)
Alex: So many toys, Daddy. So many toys.


Alex: That’s the mama bird. Those are the mama birds. And the dada bird. And the grandma bird.


Alex: I’m cooking, Daddy!


Alex: Timeout’s over, Elly. You had timeout ‘cause you hurt Claire.