Why should I clean up the messy mess?

(Earlier in the day, Alex bit into a banana without peeling it.)
Alex: The banana was yucky because it was green, and I ate the whole banana.


Alex: Daddy, can I see “I see I see”?


Daddy: Alex, how many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg?
Alex (looking at Grommie and counting): One, two, three, four, five.


(dinner time)
Daddy: Are you ready to get down?
Alex: I won't bother Grommie. I won't bother his tail.
Daddy: Did you bother Grommie?
Alex: Um, how ‘bout on his hair, on his ears, where his ears are.


Alex: Can I have the telephone and the Blackberry so I can go to school and I can take you to school? I'm gonna give you breakfast and – I’m gonna pick you up and then after the other nap I will call Nana… then after the other nap I will call Nana while you sleep and she will say “yes” and… do you wanna go to Nana’s after the other nap?
Daddy: Yes.


(Daddy is teaching Alex how to rinse and spit after brushing.)

(Daddy spits.)
Alex (laughing): Good job, Daddy!

(Alex spits)
Daddy: There you go! Good job!
Alex: Thank you Daddy.


Alex: This is a school. A big school.
Daddy: Yeah?
Alex: You go potty all the time and you don't wear diapers, you wear underwear! Okay? Okay?
Daddy: Okay.


(Alex prepares to read Daddy a story.)
Alex: Hm. Which one do you wanna read, Daddy? Which one do you wanna read?
Daddy: Um, I wanna read Curious George Goes to the Library.
Alex: You wanna read that one? The cake?
Daddy: Yeah, I wanna read the cake.
Alex: The ice cream? Where’s the ice cream?
Daddy: It’s in the cake story.
Alex: Not the train…
Alex: Where is that one. Where is that one.
Alex: Let’s see.

(Alex reads.)
Alex: George, I have a surprise for you, you see it’s the ice cream thing.
Alex: The ice cream truck came with all the ice cream.
Alex: There are all the dogs, Daddy!
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: He found parties, hats, what’s that smell coming from the kitchen?
Alex: Pies and hats and what – what’s that smell…?
Alex: It was a cake!
Alex: It (mumble) smelled.
Alex: He put the mix in the – it (mumble) too fast!
Alex: It flew out of the bowl flew everywhere.
Alex: Why should he clean up the messy mess?
Alex: Then he let the dogs clean up the mess.
Alex: Then (mumble) “George, I’m proud of you.”
Alex: (Mumble) (mumble) my birthday.
Alex: It was not their birthday, it was for George!
Alex: Then George took a deep wish and me—and the, end.
Alex (to Daddy): I read the cake one!


Alex: I’m gonna close my eyes and then I will talk about what show I wanna watch and tell you what I will do at school and let’s see if Nana’s busy and see if she says yes.