I’m doing it! Watch me, Daddy!

Alex: Can I get a new sticker for listening to Mommy?
Mommy: You did, I gave you a sticker when we got home.
Alex: Which one?
Mommy: The dinosaur. Silly.


Alex: Daddy, will you please make dinner with me?
Daddy: Alex, I’m sorry, I have to work.
Alex: No you don’t have to work.


(Nap time, and Alex is playing in his bed.)

Elly: I can’t – I can’t move my body!
Alex: It’s okay. It’s okay, Elly.
Elly: No it’s – it’s not okay. It’s not okay. Aaaaaaa!

Alex: Then there was trouble.


(Alex is watching Daddy play Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Xbox 360.)

Alex: The boy – the girl’s flying. It’s pretend flying.
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: They’re like superheroes.
Daddy: That’s right.

Alex: I think that boy’s name is Harry.


(Alex is look at Daddy’s mp3 player, and talking about what Daddy does.)
Alex: … and I put those in my ears, and I just work there and sit on that big chair. That’s what I do when I’m there.


Alex (shouting down the stairs to Daddy): Daddy?! We made a cave!
Daddy (coming to the bottom of the stairs): Can I come see it?
Alex: No thank you. I don’t want you to come up.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: I want you to stay there.


Claire: Dog. Dog.
Mommy: Dog. What’s that dog’s name?
Claire: Grommie.
Mommy: Right.


(lunch time)

(Alex didn’t finish his pasta.)
Alex: We should save this pasta, we should save the pasta, and after nap, we can eat it. Would that be a good idea?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: Okay. We can save it on the table.

(Alex hears Mommy and Claire doing laundry.)
Alex: Can I get down so I can help them do laundry?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: You hurry Daddy, because they’re almost done.


(Alex is successfully riding his tricycle.)
Alex: I’m doing it! Watch me, Daddy!