Uh push. Daddy! Uh push Ah-wah.

Alex: I missed you, Daddy.

Daddy: Where did Daddy go?
Alex: You went on a trip. And you went to Omaha.


(breakfast)

Alex: Are you okay, Claire? Did you cough?
Alex: Maybe when you cough next time, Mommy… or Daddy might give you a mask. And then it will be my turn!

(Daddy is putting the Life cereal away.)
Alex: Bye-bye, Life cereal!


(Alex and Claire are playing with musical instruments and other toys.)

Alex: Can I play with these, Claire? So I can listen to – to what you’re making, okay? So I can listen to your voice.

Alex: I’m gonna put this right here. ‘Cause I’m gonna play with instruments. Instruments are good.

Alex: I just pee-peed.
Daddy: Okay.
Alex: You can change me.
Daddy: Okay.

(Alex is playing with shapes.)
Alex: This is my shape. But Grommie doesn’t have any shape. I can’t give him a shape, ‘cause he doesn’t have any hands. He’s a dog.

(Claire puts her teddy bear in the laundry basket.)
Claire: Bear! Sit.

Alex: We’re having fun with my instruments. Instruments are good.

(Alex finds the sleigh bells, and starts shaking them.)
Alex (singing): Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells all the way!
Alex (singing): Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells all the way!
Alex: This thing makes – this thing is for Jingle Bells.
Daddy: That’s right.
Alex: And I sing it. I sing it at school. Some of my friends sing it.
Alex (singing): Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells all the way!
Alex (singing): Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, all… the… way!


(Alex walks down the stairs into the garage.)
Alex: Oh I forgot to count.
Daddy: Okay, go count.
(Alex climbs back up onto the bottom step.)
Alex: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, eleventeen… sixteen… um… uh… eleven. Teen. Jump!
(Alex jumps off the step.)
Claire: Jump!


(Daddy is putting Alex into his car seat.)

Alex: Are you gonna be home after school?
Daddy: Yeah.
Alex: Are you gonna get a sandwich?

Alex (to Daddy): I wanna give you a hug.
(Alex gives Daddy a hug.)
Alex: I wanna give you a hug because I love you.
Daddy: Aw, thank you! I love you too!

Alex: I want you to pick me up.


(Alex is sitting in a cardboard box, and Claire is pushing him around the downstairs.)
Claire: Uh push. Daddy! Uh push Ah-wah.

(Claire pushes Alex around.)
Alex: Let's park over there, Claire! Let's park.

(Claire pushes Alex around.)
Alex: Claire, can you push me allll the way down there?
Claire: Yeah.

(Claire pushes Alex around.)
Alex: That's where it is. It’s really close there. We’re almost there, Claire.

(Claire pushes Alex around. She stops.)
Claire: Yay!
Alex: We didn't get there, Claire.

Alex (playing with his Omaha souvenir, but still sitting in the cardboard box): I like my new thing, that Daddy got me. I like it.

(A while later, and Claire is no longer pushing Alex, but Alex has still not exited the cardboard box.)
Alex: Claire?! Can you push me some more? Allll the way down there?
(Pause.)
Alex: Claire?!
(Pause.)
Alex: Claire?!
(Pause.)
(Claire finally walks over to Alex.)
Alex: Can you help push me all the way there? Um, can you push me allll the way?
(Claire walks away without saying a word.)
(Long silence.)

(A little later.)
Alex: Claire, come push me!

(A little later, Claire walks over to Alex.)
Alex: Push me, Claire.
(Claire runs off.)
Alex: Claire, why do you always listen?
(Pause.)
Claire: Allah!
Alex: Claire!
Claire: Allah!
(Claire runs over to Alex.)
Alex: Can you push me over there?
(Claire runs away.)
Alex: Mommy and Daddy?
Mommy: Yeah?
Alex: Claire’s not gonna push me.

(A while later, Alex and his box slide into the living room, being pushed by Claire.)
Alex (to Daddy): Claire’s listening now.

(Claire abandons Alex, and plays with some toys nearby.)
Alex: Can you push me somewhere? Now we’re done with this place.
(Claire continues doing her own thing. A couple of minutes pass.)
Alex: Claire, can you push me? The car doesn't have wheels for me to drive it. I need someone to push me the box.
(Pause.)
Alex: Claire, can you push me?
Claire: No.

(Time passes.)
Alex: Um, uh Claire if you don't push me, I will just sit here. I won't play with me.

(Time passes.)
Alex: ‘Kay, can you push me? Okay. Thank you, Claire.

(Time passes.)
Alex: I – Claire, are you gonna push me? You said yes.

(Time passes.)
Alex: Well, I'm gonna get out.
(Alex gets out of the box.)


(Claire is reading Daddy’s book.)
Claire: Uh page.
Daddy: That’s right.
Claire: Book.
Daddy: That’s right, Claire.
(Claire finishes the book.)
Claire: End!


Alex: Grommie licked me!
Daddy: Grommie!
Alex: Grommie’s silly, he loves me.


Alex: I love my daddy in the whole world.
Daddy: Oh! I love my Alex in the whole world!
Alex: I love my mommy in the whole world! I love my dog in the whole world! I love my sister in the whole world!


Daddy: Okay, we can read Corduroy, Ferdinand, or Madeleine. Which one do you wanna read?
Alex: Uh... Ferdinand. Uh, Madeleine’s getting old.


Alex (running in circles): I'm just running in circles!

(bed time)
Alex: Play puh-- play buh-- play tuh-- .
Daddy: Play backyard play playroom play trains.
Alex: My words didn't work because they didn't have enough batteries. I need to get more batteries. The batteries are drained.

Alex: Now be quiet because my sister um named Claire, um, is sleeping. Claire’s sleeping.