Thank you, Grommie. Thank you for licking my feet.

Alex: The girl was scaring me.


Alex: I wanna show my frog to you.


(dinner time)

Mommy: I think those mashed potatoes are still hot.
Alex: Can I cool on them, Daddy?

Alex: Gimme more strawberries Mommy.

Alex: Grommie (mumble) ‘cause he didn't like it.
Daddy: What?
Alex: He didn't like his haircut.
Daddy: Who didn't?
Daddy: Who didn't like his haircut?
Alex: Grommie.
Daddy: Does Alex like his haircut?
Alex: Yeah.

Alex: What was that?
Daddy: What was that?
Alex: Was that a googah?
Daddy: Was it a googah?
Alex: Put it on your water.
Alex: And you do it.
Alex: Please!

Alex: Put your spoon, and your fork in there.
Daddy: In where?
Alex: In the water.

Alex: Can I play trains with you?
Daddy: You wanna play trains with me?
Alex: Yeah. For a few minutes, okay?

Alex (to Daddy): I wanna play trains with you, okay?
Alex (to Claire): Okay, Claire? We’re not pushing chairs with you.


(after dinner, playing trains)

Alex: There’s mashed potatoes on my foot, Daddy.
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: Yeah it’s yucky. It’s Claire’s spoon.

Alex: We’re not pushing stools, Claire. No. We’re not.

Alex: You can’t play trains, Claire. No! You can’t play trains. You can’t play trains! You can’t play trains!

Alex: They fell off the track. They have to get back on the track.

Alex: I wanna play in the playroom. I wanna play bubbles in the playroom. And eat one.

Alex: Thank you Grommie. Thank you for licking my feet.

Alex: Here's your book, Daddy.
Daddy: What's that book called?
Alex: I don’t know. I don’t wanna ‘member it. Let’s just say and find out.

(Alex pretends to drop the book on Daddy’s foot.)
Daddy (playfully): Ow, that hurt!
Alex (to the book): No book, don't! Don't hurt Daddy, he's sad. Look at him.

Alex: I wanna go upstairs and ride on the dog, okay? Can I ride on the dog? Can I ride on the dog?
Daddy: What dog?
Alex: The blue dog.


(getting ready for bed)

Alex: It’s a beautiful night, Daddy.
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: Yeah. It’s not a beautiful night. It’s a coddy night.
Daddy: Coddy?
Alex: Yeah, coddy.

Daddy: Alex, do you like NPV models?
Alex: I don’t know, Daddy.
Daddy: Do you like transient analysis?
Alex: I like trains.

Alex: That's where is my dog?

Daddy: Alex, do you know who my favorite people in the world are?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: Who?
Alex: Grommie.
Daddy: Who?
Alex: Grommie.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Not anybody.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Nana.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Dana.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Camden.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Aunt Renee.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Uncle Doug.
Daddy: Who else?
Alex: Not anybody, okay?

Alex (to Daddy): You’re getting timeout. You hit me?
Daddy: I didn’t hit you.
Alex: You hit me?
Daddy: I don’t wanna hit you.
Alex: Hit me.
Daddy: No.
Alex: Please. You’re getting timeout from hitting from Alex.

Alex: Close your eyes.
Alex: Close your feet.
Alex: Open your feet.
Alex: Now close your feet.

Alex: First I wanna check your ears.
Mommy: What?
Alex: I’m a doctor.

Alex: What’s your favorite thing? What’s your favorite thing? What’s your favorite thing, Mommy?
Mommy: My favorite thing?
Alex: What’s your favorite thing?
Mommy: My favorite thing… probably our house.
Alex: Okay.
Mommy: What’s your favorite thing?
Alex: A train.

Daddy: If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
Alex: A broccoli.
Mommy: A broccoli?
Daddy: Why?
Alex: ‘Cause I go to the store.
Daddy: Does that make sense, Alex?
Alex: Yeah.