Bodder me. Bah. Me.

Alex: My other friend is named Drop, who talks now.
Daddy: Oh!


(Mommy, Alex, and Claire return from a trip to Costco.)
Alex: Mommy had a lot of trouble, and there were too many people in the line, and Mommy didn’t have anywhere to park.
Daddy: Oh. Mommy probably needs a hug from Daddy.
Alex: And Mommy forgot her poo – her poo – her poopons.


(dinner time)

Daddy: Alex, what color is an orange?
Alex: Yellow. Um – orange.
Daddy: Alex, what color is an orange?
Alex: Green beans are, um…
Daddy: What color is an orange?
Alex: Green beans are green. And oranges are… orange.
Daddy: That makes sense.

(Alex is drinking his water.)
Claire: Ah-wah! Ah-wah!
Alex: I’m drinking.
Claire: Ah-wah! Ah-wah!
Alex: Claire’s boddering me, Daddy.
Daddy: How’s she bothering you?
Alex: Because I’m drinking water.

(A short while later, Claire is drinking her water.)
Claire: Bodder me. Bah. Me.
Daddy: What, Claire?
Claire (smiling): Bah. Me.

Alex (singing): When the pie hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s amore…
Alex (singing): When the stars start to shine like a big big… (mumble)… moh-yay…

Alex: Sing the song, um, the moon hits your eye.
Daddy: Um…
Alex: Like a big big pie!
Daddy: Like a big big pie?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: Okay.

Alex: One. Two! There’s two – there’s two feet on you, Daddy.


(Just as he does every night before bed, Daddy asks Alex to use the potty.)
Alex: Um, Daddy, how – how can I keep doing this every day?!


(Alex comes running into Claire’s room to see Daddy.)
Alex (jumping up and down): Daddy!! I made a poo-poo in the potty!!

Alex: Come see my poop!!

(Mommy is flushing Alex’s poop in the big potty.)
Mommy: Say bye-bye, poop.
Alex: Bye-bye, poop.
Claire: Bye-bye, poop.


(Claire is playing with Ernie.)
Alex: Can I see Ernie, Claire? He’s my best friend.
(Pause.)
Alex: Bert and – Bert and Ernie are my best friends.


(Alex comes running into Claire’s room to see Daddy.)
Alex (excitedly): Daddy! I put on my PJs all… by… my… self!!


(Alex gives Claire a kiss and a hug at her bedtime.)
Alex (whispering): I love you, Claire.


(in bed)
Alex (to Mommy): We had fun today.