That’s not how it goes. I need to teach her the alphabet.

(Daddy puts Claire down for nap.)
Claire: When I get in bed I wanna say people.


(Nap time. Claire is singing in her bed, and Alex can hear her from his bed.)
Claire (singing): A B C D E F G, next you sing with me!
(Claire repeats this several times.)
Alex (grumbling to himself): That’s not how it goes. I need to teach her the alphabet.


Alex: I like to find things when they’re lost.


Alex: When I’m a daddy, I can -- I can -- I can work on the computer.


(Alex is pretending to be Bob the Builder, and he and Daddy are inside a toy house that Alex built out of furniture and blankets.)
Alex: I’m gonna look out the window.
Daddy: Okay.
(Alex looks out the window silently for a few moments.)
Alex: Get off our house, squirrel! This is – Bob’s house! Bob’s house is – squishy!
Alex (to Daddy): I looked out the window.
Daddy: Did you tell that squirrel to get off our house?
Alex: Yeah.
Alex: You’re Wendy.

Daddy: There, I fixed your phone.
Alex: Well, maybe it wasn’t broken.
Daddy: Oh. Well then maybe I broke it.
Alex: Daddy, you’re not being a good Wendy.


(dinner)

Claire (singing): A B C D E F G, next you sing with me
Alex: You forgot the other letters!
Claire (singing): A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X
Claire (singing): A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
Alex and Claire (singing together): T U V W X Y and Z, now I know my ABCs
Claire: Next you --
Alex: No, next time --
Alex and Claire (singing together): Next time won’t you sing with me


Alex: Is that classical music?
Daddy: What?
Alex: Is that classical music?
Daddy: Yeah, that’s classical music.
Alex: Because it doesn’t have any words in it.
Daddy: That’s right.