We gonna sit on the sofa and wait for Ernie.

Elmo toy: Look! You've found Ernie! Ernie is orange!
Alex: Ernie’s coming. He's gonna come after nap.


Alex: What's this called?
Daddy: Hardwired Behavior.
Alex: Can I read Gowee Hair?
Daddy: Yeah, you can read it.
Alex: Um I can't remember all the pages.


Alex: What's book this called?
Daddy: Hardwired Behavior.
Alex: Hey-bwa. Hair! That's hair. That's hair story.


(lunch time)

Alex: Ernie’s gonna come after nap, okay?
Daddy: Yes he is.
Alex: He's coming. Yes, he's coming.

Alex: And then I climbed my stool, and look in the mirror, and my hair was long, but I didn't want a haircut.

Alex: Listen to me: you don't hit Claire, okay? You hit Claire one more time and I'm giving you a timeout.

Alex: You cry berry sad.


(getting ready for nap time)

Alex: You wanna knock me down?
Mommy: Okay.
Alex: Okay, let's do that.

Alex: We gonna sit on the sofa and wait for Ernie.

Alex: I gonna say Ernie I got a haircut. ‘Cause I didn't wanna get a haircut.

Alex: I gonna sit on the sofa and wait for Ernie, okay? I told Ernie I was sad.


(getting ready to go to Nana’s house)

Daddy: What do you wanna do now?
Alex: I gonna go see Nana. She has Buddy and Red.

Alex: Ernie’s sick, Daddy, and Alex will go see Nana instead. See Buddy, and Red, okay?

Alex: I want the monkey, the frog, the caterpillar, and the rabbit.


(dinner time)

Alex (to Claire): We’re not getting that, okay? We’re not getting that, okay? It’s just a picture. It’s just a picture.

Alex: Tell me a question.
Daddy: All right, let’s see… How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Alex: Say the Alex one, okay? Alex is big, and Mommy’s big, and Claire’s small, and Daddy’s big, and Daddy don’t need to Alex and (mumble) get hurt? And then I will hide from Daddy. Say that. Say that. Say the Alex one like that. Say the Alex one like that, okay? D- D- Daddy? Say that to me?

Alex: I can’t – I can’t get Grommie. His ear is too far away.

Alex: One broccoli. One broccoli.


Alex: Claire will push her stool. And then Claire will push stools with me.


Alex: Claire. Don't climb up those stairs. ‘Cause I have to push stools with you and I have to be quiet. ‘Kay? You don't scream, okay? Don’t scream.


Alex: Let's push stools.


Alex: You can't come in here, Daddy.
Daddy: Why not?
Alex: ‘Cause you have to go out there.
Daddy: Why?
Alex: ‘Cause you’re not staying in this playroom okay? ‘Cause it’s mine.


Alex: I wanna do something with you, Daddy.


Alex: (mumble) ‘cause he's gonna go to the doctor, okay? After nap.
Daddy: Who's gonna go?
Alex: Ernie. He's gonna go to the doctor ‘cause he's sick.
Daddy: Okay.


Alex: I made a castle.
Daddy: You made a castle?
Alex: It’s for you! It’s right there. It’s right then there.


Daddy: Who did you see at Nana’s?
Alex: Pop.
Daddy: Ooh. And who else?
Alex: Um Buddy, and Red, and Sister Cat.


Alex: I think this is a castle, Daddy. You think it’s it?
Daddy: I do.
Alex: I think it’s a castle, maybe it’s a castle.


(Alex pretends to talk to Nana on the phone.)
Alex: I played in the playroom yesterday, and then I play in the backyard and play trains, and then I take a nap and eat breakfast and watch TV and go to school, and then I play trains and I take a nap.


(Alex pretends to talk to Grandma on the phone.)
Alex: Hi Grandma. I play in the playroom, and then go to school, eat breakfast, and then I watch TV and go to school. And then after school I play trains and go in the backyard and play in the playroom.


(Alex pretends to talk to Pop on the phone.)
Alex: I'm playing in the playroom, play in the backyard, play trains, go to school, and eat breakfast, and watch TV, after school I will play trains, play in the backyard, play in the playroom, and… play again after nap.


Mommy: What's wrong with your foot?
Alex: It’s broken.


(bed time)
Alex (to Daddy): I wanna go in the backyard play trains and play in the playroom.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex (to Mommy): What do you wanna do after nap, Mommy?