I need a baseball bat, so I can throw the ball, and a baseball glove, so I can do baseball. But I have nothing.

(breakfast)

Claire (to Daddy): Uh piggytails.
Daddy: Okay.

Claire: Uh Mommy take shower?
Mommy: Yeah, I took a shower!
Claire: Now you go to work?
Mommy: Yeah, in a minute.

Dora: To count the stars, say “estrellas!”
Claire: Stars!

(Mommy leaves for work.)
Claire (to Daddy): Mommy give Ay-yah a kiss?
Daddy: Yeah, she did.
Claire: Oh.
Claire: Ah-yah -- Mommy gave Ah-yah a hug?
Daddy: Yes, she did.
Claire: Oh.

Alicia: To call Click, say “click”!
Alex and Claire (in unison): Click!
Click (singing): Say click!
Claire: Click.
Click (singing): Take a pic!
Claire: Pic.
Click (singing): Say click!
Claire: Pic.
Click (singing): Take a pic!

(Daddy puts on Claire’s socks.)
Claire: Gray? Gray, Daddy?
Daddy: That’s right, it’s gray.
Claire: Like Ah-yah’s!
Daddy: Yeah!

Alicia: Say “zigzag!”
Alex: Zigzag!
Claire: Sog-sog!
Alicia: Can you say “zigzag”?
Alex: Zigzag!
Claire: Zah-zah!
Alicia: Louder!
Alex: ZIGZAG!
Claire: Zah-zah!!
Alicia: Again!
Alex: ZIGZAG!!
Claire: Zah-zah!!
Alicia: Once more!
Alex: ZIG-ZAAAAG!!!
Claire: ZAH-ZAH!

Alex: Can I tell you something, Claire? I had a dream about a dragonfly, and you were there. And Alex was there, but Mommy and Daddy were inside.


Alex: I need a baseball bat, so I can throw the ball, and a baseball glove, so I can do baseball. But I have nothing.


(Daddy gets Claire up from nap.)
Claire: Uh go get clothes.
Daddy: You go get your clothes.
Claire (singsong): Uh big big helper!


(snack time)

Claire: Dat.
Daddy: What, this?
Claire: Nectarine. Uh, peaches.
Daddy: Yeah.
Claire: Uh, from, Grandpa house, and, Grandma house.
Daddy: That’s right!

Claire: Where Ah-yah, Elly?
Claire: Where Ah-yah, Elly?
Daddy: What?
Claire: Where Bobo and Elly?
Daddy: Maybe they’re in Alex’s bed.
Claire: Where your Bobo Elly, Daddy?
Daddy: I don’t have a Bobo and Elly.
Claire: I have Juju Mallory.
Daddy: Yeah.
Claire: Uh Mommy, Juju Mallory?
Daddy: Does Mommy have Juju Mallory?
Claire: No…. Mommy at grocery store. With Ah-yah.

Claire: Uh more blueberries, please. Uh say “May I!" May I, please.
(Claire grins.)

(Claire squishes a blueberry.)
Claire: Squishy, Daddy. Squishy, Daddy.
Daddy: Yeah.
(Claire eats the blueberry.)
Claire: All gone.
(Claire squishes a blueberry.)
Claire: Squishy, Daddy. Squishy, Daddy.
(Claire eats the blueberry.)
Claire: Uh ate it all.

Claire (waving): Bye-bye, Daddy! Bye-bye, Daddy!
Daddy: Bye-bye, Claire.
Claire: Bye-bye, Daddy. Say bye-bye your hand.
Daddy (waving this time): Bye-bye, Claire!

Claire: Uh say bye-bye Ah-yah.
Daddy: Bye-bye, Ah-yah!
Claire: No say bye-bye Ah-yah. Ah-yah at grocery store.
Daddy: Ah-yah’s at the grocery store, yeah.
Claire (smiling): Uh say bye-bye at home.
Daddy: Bye-bye at home!
Claire (in a “that’s silly” voice): No… No bye-bye at home. Don’t… don’t, have hands… talk.


(Claire is preparing to read books on the couch.)
Claire: Uh, Daddy, sit ‘side me.


Alex (to Mommy): Can I wipe my finger on your shirt?