Uh. I don’t remember eating that!

(Daddy is changing Claire’s diaper. Claire mumbles something about “Mommy” and “doing better”.)
Daddy: Did Mommy do it better?
Claire: No, Mommy not do better, you do better. Mommy was hurting to me.


(Claire is in bed during nap time.)
Claire: Look! The sun’s up!
Claire: Mommy, the sun’s up!
(Pause.)
Claire: Mommy, look the sun’s up now! The sun’s up!
(Pause.)
Claire: Mommy, the sun’s up, it’s time to wake up!
(Pause.)
Claire: Mommy, the sun’s up! Wake up now!


Claire (proudly): I’m keeping dry in my underwear, Daddy.


(Alex takes off his Bob hat.)
Alex: Bob doesn’t wanna keep his hat on right now, he’s hot in it.
Alex: But he can keep his belt on, he keeps his belt on every day. Even when he’s sleeping.
(Alex laughs.)


Alex: Can you talk about Toy Store?
Daddy: What would you like to know?
Alex: Um… Why did the… why did the… why did the toys try, um… to go in cones? Why, Daddy?

Claire: Why did, uh, Buzz Lightyear go on the road?

Daddy: All right, do you have other questions for me?
Claire: Um, why – um, why – why did Buzz Lightyear go on the road, Daddy?

(Other questions from Alex. These are not all-inclusive, nor are they verbatim.)
Why did Buzz Lightyear say that Zurg was his father?
What’s that thing the prospector is carrying?
What does it do?
What were those things that Buzz Lightyear threw at Zurg in the elevator?
Why did Rex say “I don’t wanna use my head”?
Why does everything look red when Zurg looks at things?
Why does Zurg’s mouth be yellow when he talks?
Why does Zurg have a black tummy?
Why did the elevator have to be in the vent?
Why was Slinky trying to scare the girl?
Why were all the packages in that sliding thing that made the packages go?
And what was that thing that drives the packages?
Why did the man take the package and then Woody couldn’t get Jessie?
Why did the big girl take the prospector?
What’s the man that took Woody’s name, and what’s the man that cleaned Woody?
Why did the little girl get the prospector to be the king and the doll to be the princess?
And why did the doll have stickers on her face?
Why did Buzz have letters on his wing?
And why did Buzz say “what are you laughing about”?
And why didn’t Buzz see Woody have a funny face, and why did he not laugh?
What’s the man’s name with the pink balls?
Why doesn’t Zurg have a nose?
But why was he in the bushes?

(These questions are from Claire. Again, not verbatim.)
Why did Jessie pull Woody on the airplane?
Why did Woody fall down the airplane?


Alex: The part I liked was when Buzz Lightyear said “uh” and said “I don’t remember eating that!” I liked that part.
Daddy: I know you do.
Alex: Uh. I don’t remember eating that!
(Alex laughs.)
(Note: Alex will continue to repeat this joke occasionally for weeks to come.)


Claire: Daddy! I peed on the potty!
Daddy: Oh, good for you! You’re keeping your underwear dry!
Mommy: Claire stayed dry all, day, long. All, day, long.
Alex: Claaaire! She’s a big girl.