I'n a witch hat! I'n a witch hat! I'n a witch hat!

Daddy: I wish Claire would learn how to talk.
(Pause.)
Alex: Say “chair”, Claire.
Claire: Chah.
Alex: She said it!
Daddy: Good! You taught her “chair”.


Alex: Here’s the tiger and the caterpillar. Don’t put them in the hall, definitely not in Claire’s room, and definitely not in my room.


Alex: We’re gonna go to Halloween, Daddy.
Daddy: What?
Alex: We’re gonna go to Halloween.


(Alex goes to wash his hands in the downstairs bathroom.)

Alex: I’m gonna wash hands by myself.

Alex: When I brush teeth, will you get me some toothpaste, Daddy?
Daddy: You don’t need to brush teeth. But okay, call me when you need me.
Alex: But I’m gonna do it by myself. Next time you can do it with me.

Alex: Daddy, can you help me?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: The paper towel’s not gonna stay on.
Daddy: Okay.
(Daddy helps hang up the towel.)
Alex: Now go out so I can open the door.
Daddy: Okay.

Alex: Now you can put my stool away.
Daddy: Okay, I’ll put your stool away.
Alex: Do it by yourself.
Daddy: Okay.


Alex: We need to go get some more bananas.
Daddy: I know, I'm gonna go to the store.
Alex: Can you go to the grocery store first?


Alex: Is this, um, some not yucky water?


Alex: There's a ant.
Mommy: Where?
Alex: Oh it flew away.


Alex (wearing a witch hat): I’n a witch hat! I’n a witch hat! I’n a witch!


Alex (wearing a wizard hat): What's this hat?
Daddy: A wizard.
Alex: I'm a wizard!


(Alex puts the witch hat on a reluctant Claire.)
Alex: It’s for everybody Claire. I’m gonna share with you.


(Mommy is carving the pumpkin.)
Alex (laughing): It’s a triangle.
Mommy: Yeah, it’s his nose.
Alex: It’s a nose.


(Alex is playing Store.)
Daddy: I’d like to buy some bunny grahams, please.
Alex: No you can’t buy them, they’re yucky.
Daddy: I’d like to buy some cookies, please.
Alex: They’re yucky too. I’m gonna eat them.
(Alex pretened to hand something to Daddy.)
Alex: I got you some money, you can eat that. It’s dry? For you. It’s dry? For you.


Alex: What's on it?
Mommy: Butter.
Alex: What butter?
Mommy: You want one without butter?
Alex: Yeah. This butter I don’t like it.


(Alex’s mouth hurts.)

Alex: Water makes it feel better.

Alex: My breath doesn't hurt now.

Mommy: Do you wanna try this?
Alex: I wanna try the medicine.
Mommy: You wanna try it?
Alex: Let’s see if the medicine helps that.
Mommy: Okay.
Alex: Is that the medicine?
Mommy: Yeah.


Alex: Is it dark outside?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: We forgot the newspaper and the seeds.
Daddy: Oh, I guess I better go get them.
Alex: No it’s dark.
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: You can’t go out there if it’s dark.
Daddy: I can’t go out there?
Alex: You can.
Daddy: I can?
Alex: Yeah. If it’s dark you can go out there and get them.


Alex: If it hurts, Daddy, drink your water.


Claire: More.
Claire: More.
Claire: More.


Alex: Um when it hurts I breathe really well.


Alex: I did the puzzle.
Daddy: Oh, you did the Super Why puzzle? You didn't need any help.
Alex: I wanna do it with you.
Daddy: Okay, but when Claire’s done with bath, we're gonna go so Alex can take his bath, okay?
Alex: How ‘bout we do it really really really fast.
Daddy: Okay.


Daddy (to Alex): Guess what?
(Pause.)
(Alex laughs.)
Alex: Say again.
Daddy: Guess what?
(Pause.)
(Alex laughs.)
Alex: Say it again.
Daddy: Guess what?
(Pause.)
(Alex laughs.)
Alex: Say it again.
Daddy: Guess what?
(Pause.)
(Alex laughs.)
Alex: Can you talk about something?
Mommy: You’re supposed to say “What?”.
Alex: What?
Daddy: I love you.
(Alex laughs.)


Mommy: Let’s sing Twinkle Twinkle.
Alex: Okay.
Alex (singing): Twinkle Twinkle
Alex, Mommy, and Daddy (in unison): Little star
Alex: And turtle.
Mommy: What?
Alex: And turtle.
Daddy (singing): And turtle
All (singing): How I wonder what you are
Alex (singing): With turtle
All (singing): Up above the world so high
Alex (singing): With turtle
All (singing): Like a triangle
Alex: With turtle
Mommy and Daddy (singing): In the sky
All: Twinkle twinkle little star
Mommy (singing): With turtle
All (singing): How I wonder what you are


(in bed)
Alex: Daddy, can you be berry careful when you go downstairs?
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: Can you not go outside, because it’s wet.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: Can you wear your boots?
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: But can you not go outside?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: You can go outside when Grommie poops and you clean it up.
Daddy: Okay.