That's not a question.

(Alex is watching TV.)
Click, the Camera: Is this pinata shaped like a star?
Alex: No, circle.
Click: What is it?
Alex: Circle.
Click: Is this pinata shaped like a star?
Alex: No, triangle.
Click: No, what is it?
Alex: Triangle.
Click: Is this pinata shaped like a star?
Alex: Yes.
Click: Yes!


Daddy: Did you have fun at school today?
Alex: Nope!
Daddy: What did you do at school today?
Alex: Nothing!


Rosie: And I'm going home. I gonna -- 'cause I can't find James where he went.


(Mommy comes home.)
Alex: Mama! Mama! Mama. Mama.


Mommy: Did you take a nap for Daddy?
Alex: Yeah. He waked me up and I ate.
Mommy: What did you have for snack?
Alex: Um cookies, grapes, and cheese.
Mommy: Was it good?
Alex: Um yeah.


(looking at pictures)
Mommy: Who’s that?
Alex: Grandma.
Mommy: Who’s that?
Alex: I don’t know.
Mommy: It’s Virginia, she had long hair.
Mommy: Who’s that?
Alex: Meg.
Mommy: Who’s that?
Alex: Claire and Mommy. Alex, Daddy.
Mommy: Yeah. Who’s that?
Alex: Uncle Jimmy.
Mommy: Right. Who’s that?
Alex: Uncle Kirk.
Mommy: Right. Who’s that?
Alex: Alex.
Mommy: That’s right. Alex was a baby.
Mommy: Where’s Claire?
Alex: I don’t know, where’s Claire?
Mommy: She wasn’t there, she wasn’t born yet.
Alex (pointing at Claire): There’s Claire.
Mommy: There’s Claire.


(Alex remarks upon the solicitor who came to our door.)

Alex: He went to our house. And he ringed the bell and said “Ding dong!” And Grommie heard the bell ringing, and then I was scared.

Alex: He’s going home and eat dinner.
Mommy: He is?
Alex: Yeah.
Mommy: Is he gonna make dinner?
Alex: Yeah, he’s gotta do something else first.


(playing in the backyard)

Alex: I wanna cut the grass. I wanna cut the grass. I don't need my shoes on to cut the grass, okay?

Alex: I'm cutting the grass, Daddy.

Alex: I'm not done yet.

Alex: I'm cutting the grass.

Alex: I'm done, Daddy. I just cut the grass, now it’s cut!

Alex: Maybe the grass is cut.

Alex: The grass feels better. ‘Cause Alex cut it.

Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-oh.
Claire: Uh-ah.

Alex: It’s my turn, Claire. It’s my turn. Uh-oh.


Alex: I wanna brush teeth at home, not at school.
Daddy: That's right.
Alex: I brush teeth at home.


(dinner time)

(Daddy is teaching Alex alternatives to saying “Um yeah”.)
Daddy: You can also say “Indubitably.”
Alex: Indubitably.
Daddy: I'm gonna ask you a question, and you say “indubitably”, okay?
Alex: Okay.
Daddy: Is your name Alex?
Alex: Yes.

Alex: Million dollars are all gone. You need a square.

Daddy: Alex, ask me a question.
Alex: Would you have a train or a ball?
Daddy: I would have a train.
Alex: And a ball.
Daddy: Yeah, I would have a train and a ball.
Alex: You have balls at work?

Daddy: Alex, if you could have a ball… or… a train, which would you choose?
Alex: A train.
Mommy: Alex, what if you could have two balls or one train, which would you choose?
Alex: Two balls.
Daddy: Alex, if you could have two balls or two trains, which would you choose?
Alex: Two trains.
Daddy: Okay, what if you could have three balls or two trains, which would you choose?
Alex: Three two trains.
Daddy: You can have three balls or two trains, which would you choose?
Alex: Two trains.

Alex: I want some more -- May I have some more pizza?

Alex: You have three trains… two trains, or three balls? Which one you have, Daddy?
Daddy: I think… I would have… three balls.
Alex: Okay.

Alex: I want tomato.
Daddy: I want tomah-to.
Alex (handing over an imaginary tomah-to): Okay. Here's tomah-to.

Mommy: Nana and Pop grew that tomato. You really want some of it?
Alex: Yeah.
Mommy: There's some tomato in the refrigerator. You want some of that tomato?
Alex: Yeah.
Mommy: Okay, it's gonna be cold. And refrigerating it changes the taste, okay?

Mommy: You want some tomato?
Alex: Um yeah.
Alex (to Daddy): I'm getting the kuh-mato. I'm getting the cold tomato.
Daddy: Yeah, it's cold.
Alex: It's cold, Daddy.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: I'm getting some cold… wah… mato.

Alex: It felled in her pizza.

(Claire drops her water cup on the flolor.)
Alex: You're not getting it. It's gone. All -- All gone, water.
Mommy: Bye bye, water.
Alex: Bye bye, water.
(Claire fusses.)
Alex: No! We're not getting it! All gone, water.

Claire: Da-tay. Da-tay. Da-tay.

Alex: I want some more tomato, Mommy.
(Pause.)
Alex: May I have some more tomato please?

Alex: I want a napkin for my hands.
Daddy: Well, what do you say?
Alex: May I have some more, I want a napkin please?


(after dinner)

Daddy: Alex, do you wanna sing a song?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: Okay, go ahead.
Alex (singing): Twinkle twinkle little star
Alex (singing): How I wonder what you are
Alex (singing): Up above the world so high
Alex (singing): Like a triangle in the sky
Alex (singing): Twinkle twinkle little star
Alex (singing): How I wonder what you are
Daddy: Yay! That was so good!
Alex: Stop it.

Alex: All gone.
Mommy: What was in your mouth?
Alex: There was some pizza.

Alex: Tell me a question, Daddy.
Daddy: Um, what's eight divided by three?
Alex: That's not a question.

Alex: Can I talk to Grandpa on the phone, and he will say something to me. Okay?

(Alex talks on the phone.)
Alex: Hi… Hi Grandpa. I'm just sitting in my room, getting my diaper change. Then I go to bed. ‘Cause I'm tired. Bye Grandpa. See you later.

Alex: Maybe Pop’s on the phone.
Daddy: Maybe.
(Alex talks on the phone.)
Alex: Hi Pop, I'm gonna change my diaper and go to bed. Bye bye, Pop. See you later.