Ah Mommy Daddy!

(Alex is watching the end of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.)

Alex: He has a table! Ayhyhayahsyah Woodstock!

Alex: Snoopy! He has chairs!


(after watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.)

Alex: I wanna watch it again!

Alex (whining): I wanna watch it again!

Alex (whining): I wanna watch it again!

Alex (whining): I wanna watch it again!

Alex (whining): I wanna watch it again!

Alex (whining): I wanna watch it again!


Alex: I want you to cry on the crying rug with me.

(Alex and Daddy are on the crying rug. Claire joins them.)
Claire: Ah Mama! Ah Mama! Ah Mommy Daddy!

Alex: I'm gonna get Mommy to cry on the crying rug.
Daddy: Okay.
(Alex leaves the crying rug to go get Mommy.)
Alex: Mommy, will you cry on the crying rug with me?
Mommy: Yes.
Alex: She said yes, Daddy!


(Mommy’s trying to get Grommie to stop licking her.)
Alex: He's trying to lick you.
Mommy: I know, and I don't want him to.
Alex: But it’s nice.

(Alex is looking at a placemat with pictures of all the US presidents.)
Alex: Those are other people on the TV and on the radio.


Alex: Daddy, come play with me!
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: You have Bertie! He’s a bus!


Alex: I wanted Mommy and Daddy when I was a baby in my bed.


(Claire is crying.)
Daddy: What should we do to make Claire happy?
Alex: Oh, we have to give her a hug and a kiss.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: I'll hug her.
(Alex gives Claire a hug. Then he sings Twinkle, Twinkle to her. Claire stops crying.)


Alex: Look, Daddy.
Daddy: I see, he drove right off the track.
Alex: She.
Daddy: Oh.
Alex: Daisy did.


Mommy: Claire! No open!
Claire (opening): Open.


Alex: And then the man came running, and then they show the big mess George made.
Daddy: That's right.
Alex: And then he brought a cart with a full of dirt in it.


Daddy (singing): I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair, I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
Alex: What man?


Alex: Um, can you talk about Curious George again? I didn’t hear it.


Claire: Wawa. Wawa. Wawa. Wawa. Wawa. Wawa. Wawa. Wawa.
Daddy: Is that how you ask for it, Claire? Can you say “please”?
Claire: Plez.


Alex: Is Mommy still doing things?


Alex (referring to Claire): She always says “no”.
Claire: No.