Uh, sheep. Sheep! Cow, cow. Goat. Goat. Pig. Goat. Cat. Cat. Dog. Cow. Cow, cow cow cow cow. Dog. Cat!

(Daddy comes home from work.)
Alex: Daddy!
Daddy: Hey kiddo, how you doin'?
Alex: Hi Daddy!
Alex (to Mommy): That's Daddy.


Daddy: Hey Alex, where are we going after this nap?
Alex: We're going to Busch Gardens.
Daddy: That's right!

Daddy: And Alex, what are we gonna do at Busch Gardens?
Alex: We're gonna play.
Daddy: Yeah?
Alex: Yeah.
Daddy: And who are we gonna see there?
Alex: Elmo, Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie.
Daddy: Are you excited?
Alex: Cookie Monster and Grover, Abby and Zoe.
Daddy: And are you excited?
Alex: Yeah.


Claire: Daddy, water!
(Claire brings Daddy an empty Gatorade bottle.)
Claire (to Alex): Uh Daddy water!
Alex: No it's a egg.
Claire: Egg water.
Alex: Egg.


(Alex and Claire are playing with shopping carts.)
Alex: Chucklehead!
Claire: Chucklehead!
Alex: Chucklehead!
Claire: Chucklehead!
Alex: We're going to Chucklehead!

(Claire is reading a book.)
Alex: Hey. Claire. Can we go to Chucklehead's?
Claire: No. I reading a book.

(Claire wants Alex to read with her.)
Claire: Ay-yah!
Claire: Ay-yah!
Claire: Ay-yah!
Claire: Ay-yah!
Alex: What, Claire?
Claire: Uh read a book.
Alex: Read what?
Claire: Book.
Alex: No.
(Alex starts looking at something else and ignores Claire.)
Claire: Uh read.
Claire: Uh read.
Claire: Uh read.
Claire: Please?
Claire: Uh read.
Claire: Uh read.
Claire: Uh read.
Alex: I can't read.
Claire: Why?
Alex: Because I'm not big, it's a too, long, story.

(Claire finishes reading a book to herself.)
Claire: The end. The eb'd. The eb'd.


(Claire is reading Big Red Barn aloud to herself. On most pages she touches each object as she names it.)
Claire: One flower, one flower, one flower, one flower, one flower, one flower. One flower. One flower.
Claire: One horse, one horse.
Claire: One cow, one cow. Dig.
Claire: One goat, one goat, one goat, one goat. Sheeps. One goat. One, uh, pig. Uh (mumble) pig.
Claire: Sheep. Goat. Duck.
Alex: Right, Claire! Claire said goat!
Daddy: Good job, Claire!
Claire: Butterflies.
Claire: Egg!
Claire: Bird.
Claire: Purple. Purple.
(Claire mumbles.)
Claire: Those. Moo. Dat! M--Mommy. Dat! Dat!
Daddy: That's a chicken.
Claire: Chickens.
Claire: Duh -- cat. Cat!
Claire: Cat. Goat.
Claire (flipping back a couple of pages): Uh goat other page.
Claire: Sheep.
Claire: Cows!
Claire: Cow, cow cow cow cow cow cow cow. Dog.
Claire: Cow, cow. Pig! Cow, cow. Pig.
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh!
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh!
(Claire whispers something.)
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh.
Claire (whispering): Moon.
Claire: The end.
Claire: Yay.
(Claire puts the book down, then picks it back up again.)
Claire: Mommy, uh reading a book!
Mommy: You're reading a book?
Claire: Yeah.
Claire: Cows. Dat! What dat, Mommy? Dat.
Mommy: Chicken!
Claire: Chicken.
Claire: Dogs. Cat! Cat.
Claire: Uh, sheep. Sheep! Cow, cow. Goat. Goat. Pig. Goat. Cat. Cat. Dog. Cow. Cow, cow cow cow cow. Dog. Cat!
Claire: Cow. Cow. Cow, cow, cow, pig. Cow. Cow. Cow. Cow, cow.
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh.
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh!
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh.
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Shhhh.
Claire: The end.

(Claire reads Blue Hat, Green Hat to herself.)
Claire: Hat! Hat. Hat. Hat.
(Pause.)
Claire (turning the page): Page!
Claire: Shirt. Shirt. Shirt.
Claire: Shirt.
Claire: Boo shirt. Pants. Boo pants. Red pants. Yellow pants. Ye -- yellow pants. Green, yellow, pants.
Claire: Coat. Coat.
Claire: One coat. Uh two coats. One coat. One, two, shoes. Feets!
Claire: Shoes. Feets. Shoes, shoes, shoes.
Claire: The… shoes, shoes. The… end.
Claire: Yay.

(Claire reads Thomas: Shapes and Sizes to herself. Page turns indicated.)
Claire: Little. Big!
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Little. Big!
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Big. Little. Bertie. Thomas.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Topham Hatt. Man. Thomas. Bye Topham Hatt.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: James. Thomas.
Claire: The end.
(Claire puts the book down.)
Claire: Uh read it again.
(Claire picks up the book again.)
Claire: Big! Little.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Li -- big. Little.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Bertie. Thomas.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Topham Hatt. Man. Bye Topham Hatt. Bye Topham Hatt. Bye Topham Hatt. Bye uh, Thomas. Bye man.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: James, Thomas.
(Claire argues with Mommy for a few minutes about something unrelated, then finally turns her attention back to the book.)
Claire: The end.

(Claire reads Blue Hat, Green Hat.)
Claire: Hat! Hat. Hat. Hat.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Shirt. Shirt. Shirt.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Pa -- red pants. Two f-- red. Red pants. Red! Yellow, pants. Yellow, yuh.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Coat! Coat!
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Shoes. Shoes.
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Shoes. Shoes. Feets! Feets! Shoes!
(Claire turns the page.)
Claire: Shoes. Shoes.
(Claire closes the book.)
Claire: The end.
Claire: Yay.

(Claire reads Big Red Barn to herself. Page turns not indicated.)
Claire: Moo-moo. Open the doors! Open the door, uh sleeping!
Claire: Bird.
Claire: Bird. Goat. Goat. Goat.
Claire: Butterfly, butterflies, butterflies.
Claire: Moo-moo, butterfly, right there.
Claire: Cat, moo-moo.
Claire: Ki -- chickens. Cows.
Claire: Cat!
Claire: Sheep.
Claire: Goat. Goat. Cow. Cow, sheep. Sheep. Cows, cows. Goat. Goat, cat, cat. Dog. Dog. Dog. Dog. Dog. Cat. Dog. Cat.
Claire: Dat!
Claire: Grass, grass. Pig.
Claire: (Mumble.) Chicken!
Claire: Cow. Goat, cow. Cow. Goat, goat, goat. Pig! Grass.
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Goat. Sh.
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire: Sh.
(Claire whispers something.)
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire (with her finger to her lips): Sh.
(Claire whispers something.)
Claire: Theeee… end there.
Daddy: Claire, you're a good reader!
Claire: No good reader! No good reader.
Daddy: Yes you are, you're a very good reader.
Claire (smiling): No good reader. No good reader.

(Claire reads Big Red Barn again.)
Claire: Open doors.
Claire: Cow, cow.
(Claire closes the book and puts it, and all the other books, into her shopping cart. Then she drives away.)
Daddy: Bye, Claire!
Claire: Bye, Daddy!
Daddy: Where you going?
Claire: Elmo's house. Go Elmo house. To Elmo house.


(Daddy is tickling Alex.)
Alex (laughing): Mommy! Mommy, save me!
Mommy: I can't save you, Alex, you'll have to save yourself.
Mommy: Maybe Claire can save you.
Alex: Claire, save me!
Claire: Uh reading books, Ay-yah.


(dinner time)

Alex: Grommie digged in the garden.
Daddy: Grommie digged in the garden?
Alex: Yeah and Mommy told him no. He's not supposed to do that.

Alex: Mommy? Mommy? Thank you for our dinner.

Alex: May I have some more milk? May I have some milk, please?
Daddy: Yes you may, Alex! I like the way you ask!
Alex: I can use my manners.
Daddy: Yes you can.

Alex: Milk makes you healthy.

Mommy (to Claire): Do you have long legs?
Claire: No! Uh have short, leg.

Alex: Expensive!
Daddy: What?
Alex: Expensive!
Daddy: What's expensive?
Alex: The trains.

(Daddy and Alex are talking about cutting Grommie's hair.)
Daddy: I don't think Grommie would like that.
Alex: Why?
Daddy: What if someone cut off all your hair? You wouldn't have any hair!
Alex: Yes you would. That's silly.
Alex: Pop doesn't have hair. He cut off, all his hair!


(at bed time, totally unprompted)
Alex: Daddy? When I'm a Daddy, I can clean up the dishes.