Saturday, and we go to the beach!

(Daddy wakes up Alex.)
Daddy: Do you know what today is?
(Pause.)
Alex: Saturday, and we go to the beach!

Alex: Will Uncle Ed and Uncle Kirk be there?
Daddy: Yeah, they'll be there.
Daddy: Do you want them to be there?
Alex: Yeah.
(Pause.)
Alex: Will Uncle… Gring be there?
Daddy: Uncle who?
Alex: Uncle Gring.
Daddy: Who's Uncle Gring?
Alex: Um… who's the cousin who was at Grandma's house last time?
Daddy: Oh, Uncle Ray. No, Uncle Ray won't be there.
Alex: Because I don't want him to be a monster.
Daddy: Okay, well he won't be there.


Alex (to Daddy): Is there a special -- I wanna play a special thing with you. And you can not work on your computer.


(Daddy and Claire are driving Grommie to the doggie hotel.)

Claire: Dere another bridge!

Claire: Bumpy road.
Daddy: Yeah, it is a bumpy road, isn’t it?
Claire: (mumble) road. Fix it. Go really fast.
(Claire says something inaudible.)
Claire: Man fix uh road.

Claire (pointing excitedly): Bus! On Ah-yah side!


(Daddy and Claire are driving back home, after leaving Grommie at the doggie hotel.)

Claire: Why we leave Grommie?

Claire: I like Grommie.

Claire (pointing): That gas store, gas!


(lunch)

Alex: I wanna go on the beach at the beach house.

Alex: I really like -- I really like playing in the sand.

Mommy: You know it's a long drive to the beach, okay?
Alex: 'Kay. I got some TV shows.

Claire: Uh play in sand.

Alex: We'll tell Grampa if -- that we wanna go on the beach. He might say no.
Mommy: I don't think he will.

(Claire notices a picture of Alex at the beach, on the calendar.)
Claire: Ah-yah picture! Ah-yah in the sand! Look -- Ah-yah in the sand at you house, there. That you.


(Daddy, Mommy, Alex, and Claire are in the car on the way to the beach.)

Alex: Why do trees need to be in forestes?

Alex: Is the beach house in the forest?
Mommy: No, but we go through the forest on the way to the beach house.
Alex: I would like it if we were at the beach house.
Mommy: I would too.

Claire: Beach, really far away.
Daddy: Yeah, it is far away.
Claire: I talking to Mommy.
Daddy: Oh, sorry.

Claire: My car black. My car black. My car black.
Mommy: Yeah?
Claire: I talking to Daddy.
Mommy: Well maybe you should address the person you’re talking to.

Alex: Tell me when we’re there.

Claire: Where Grommie? Where Grommie go?
Alex: Grommie’s at the doggie hotel.
Claire: I talking to Daddy.