My car must be fixed.

(getting up and getting ready for school)

Alex: It’s really sunny. It’s not fall today.
Daddy: No.
Alex: It’s just sunny.

Alex: What's on the window?
Daddy: Oh, I guess it’s just a little dirty.
Alex: I wanna touch it.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: I wanna smell it.
Alex: Oh, it’s not dirty. It’s not dirty. Maybe it’s a little bit cold.

Alex: I slept a little bit. Then Bobo was moving toward my chin. My cheek.
Daddy: Oh, is that okay? Can he do that?
Alex: No.

(Daddy dresses Alex in his dinosaur shirt.)
Alex: Dinosaur says “roar”. And I will say “roar” like dinosaurs.

Alex: I'm gonna say roar to Georgia, Georgia must be there.
Daddy: Georgia?
Alex: Yeah. I will say “roar” to Georgia and that will be silly.

(Daddy is making faces in the mirror while Alex brushes his teeth.)
Alex: Daddy, can you stop doing that, I need to brush my teeth. Can you stop making that funny face?


Alex: When I ask Mommy go to Nana and Pop’s I will ask for the cloud one. And Mommy will say the cloud one’s in Daddy’s car, okay? And I will ask for the orange one.


(Alex is pretending to hand out food.)

Alex: You wanna eat it?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: You wanna eat cookies and strawberries?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: You wanna eat it outta the bucket?
Daddy: Yes please.

Alex: After this cookies are all gone.


Alex: I have a tummy ache.
Daddy: Awwww.
Alex: In my tummy.
Alex (pointing at his tummy): In there.
Daddy: In there?
Alex: In that place.


(Daddy is singing That’s Amore.)
Alex: Stop singing.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: Who sings that?
Daddy: Um… Dean Martin sings that?
Alex: Who sings that?
Daddy: Dean Martin does.
Alex: And what Mr. Martin say?
Daddy: He said that's amore.

(Daddy is singing again. Alex and Claire are looking at each other and laughing.)
Daddy: What are you guys laughing about?
Alex: You.


(The following noises were made during Daddy’s reading of Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?)
(Claire roars like a lion.)
Claire: Oppo.
(Claire grunts like a hippo.)
(Claire trumpets like an elephant.)
(Claire snarls like a leopard.)


(The following remarks were made during Daddy’s reading of Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?)
Claire: Moo!
Claire: Bum, bum, bum!
Claire: Pah pah.
Claire: Clah clah.
Claire: Hoo hoo.
(Claire knocks on the door in the book.)


Alex: This rug is back!
Daddy: Oh good, I like this rug.
Alex: The other one’s in the laundry.


Alex: I don't need soap.
Daddy: Well, we always need a little soap.
Alex: I don't need soap in the sink. No thank you.


Alex: Is that a new towel? Where’s the other one?
Daddy: I guess it’s in the laundry.
Alex: What's that one called?
Daddy: Um, yellow towel.


(Alex is wearing his car slippers.)

Alex: I'm not crashing. I crash into the hamper. I crash into the house. I crash into the swimming pool.

Alex: Look at my cars.
Daddy: They are very nice.
Alex: I didn't want Spider-Man.


(playing house)

Daddy: What's wrong with your car?
The Boy: My car doesn’t have some wipers.

Alex's car: I'm a flying car.
Daddy: Wow.
Alex's car: I fly onto houses.

The Girl: My car’s not working. Will you fix my car? Will you help me?
The Girl: Boy, will you help me fix my car and then get in your car and go to work, and I'm gonna go to the grocery store.

The Girl: Can you fix um my car. My car must be fixed. Will you fix it with me?


Daddy: Tomorrow’s Friday, so you know who comes? The trash truck.
Alex: I saw a fire truck.
Daddy: You did? At school?
Alex: I ate a fire truck cracker. I didn't go see the fire truck.