Is it a pig? It’s a cow?! A horse?! A CAMEL?!!

Alex: Can I turn off it?


(dinner time)

Alex: Daddy, I called you on the phone.
Daddy: What did you do?
Alex: I called you on the phone.
Daddy: You called me on the phone?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: What did you say?
Alex: Nuffing.
Daddy: What did Daddy say?
Alex: You would come home.

Daddy (pointing at Alex): Who's that?
Claire: Alex.
Daddy (pointing at Mommy): Who’s that?
Claire: Alex.

Daddy: Where's your big brother?
(Claire points at Alex.)

Alex: Can you say “roar” to me and get up? Say “roar” to me and get up.
Daddy (without enthusiasm): Roar.
Alex: No, say it louder.
Daddy (slightly louder): Roar.
Alex: No, say it louder and louder.
Daddy: Roar!
Alex: Now say it to Claire.
Daddy: Roar!
Alex: Can you say it to Mommy over there?

Alex: I'm the power to read and you’re the power to help!


(bath time)

Cookie Monster (singsong): I'm gonna go down the slide... It will be fun... Whee…! I went down the side of the tub.

Alex: I wanna see a bubble. Bubble, where are you?

Alex: I need a towel.

Cookie Monster (being held under the running water): I'm gonna get all wet! Aaah! Aaaaah! Whoa!! AAAH! AAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Pig (being held under the running water): Whoaaa!
Sheep (being held under the running water): Whoaaa!
Dragon (being held under the running water): Whoaaaaaaa! What is going on?

Cookie Monster: Pig, I have to take a shower, can you stay here?
Pig: Okay.

Alex: Look at my hair.

Cookie Monster: I go on the escalator.
(Cookie Monster stands on a washcloth.)
Alex: Mmmmm.
(Cookie Monster moves to another washcloth.)
Alex: Mmmmm.
Cookie Monster (sliding down the side of the bath): Wheeee!

(Alex wants a different comb.)
Alex: I want that one.
Daddy: Is there another one?
Alex: The white one on the counter. (Pause.) That I saw yesterday. When I was playing with Mommy. Then I went in the bathroom, and saw the white thing.

Dragon: Oh no, my tail! My tail! Whooooa! Oh no! (mumble) help! Oh no! I can't!
Sheep: I’ll help. Dragon, you’re too big. Maybe the pig’s gonna help you. Climb down!
Dragon: Oh no, I'm falling! I'm falling on the pig! Whoa!

(The pipes whine as the water drains from the tub.)
Alex: What's that?
Daddy: What is that?
Alex: Is it…. a whale?
Daddy: No.
Alex: Is it a dolphin?
Daddy: No.
Alex: Is it a pig? It’s a cow?! A horse?! A CAMEL?!!

Alex: That's Claire’s duck, it’s not mine. Can we make him a sound?


Alex: And Mommy take Claire a bath. And then I do something else. ‘Cause I – I – I – I – I – um – I did – I play with the parking – I – I play with the car puzzle, and then I went to see what Claire and Mommy were doing. I did that.


Alex: Daddy can you say – can you say Mr. Hand?


Alex: Daddy can you say – can you say Alex – can you say I wanna do Mr. Hand.


Alex: No, say it to me.
Daddy: Okay. Mr. Hand…
Alex: No I wanna say it.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: Mr. Hand, I gonna tickle you!


Alex: I went to Pop’s work, and I played with the toy when Mommy went to the bathroom, and then I went to the big store.
Daddy: Wow! What did you see at the big store?
Alex: A waterfall, and fish... and geese.


Alex: We pull pants into the morning, Daddy, we don't pull pants for night time.


Alex: Mommy, you’re not scratchy. Daddy, what happened to your – what happened to you? What happened there? What happened there? And there? What happened to your cheeks? What happened to your nose? What happened to your cheeks? What happened to your cheeks?
Daddy: I didn't shave today.
Alex: What happened to your cheeks?