Look Daddy, I'm doing it! I'm really doing it!

(Alex tells Daddy that when he woke up, he didn’t feel good, so he just sat down in the hallway.)
Alex: Not in the echo hallway. In the regular hallway.

(Alex’s lip hurts.)
Alex: I can’t laugh very well. But I like the show, because it’s funny.

(Claire has a gummy bear vitamin in her cheek.)
Claire: Daddy, you wanna touch my squishy cheek?
Daddy: Yeah.
Claire: Touch it.
(Daddy does. Claire laughs.)

Alex: Mommy, when I come home from school, can you teach me how to make a paper airplane?


(after school)

(Many of Alex’s and Claire’s school friends are still without power.)
Daddy: We’re lucky that we have our power back.
Alex: Uh-huh. Now we can watch Charlie Brown.

Alex: I do feel tired, and I wanna relax on the sofa.

Alex: Guess what, Daddy? I went to 4-K today.




Mommy: My Claire Bear.
Claire: My Mommy.
Mommy: My Claire Bear.
Claire: My Mommy.
Mommy: My Claire Bear.
Claire: My Mommy.
Alex: Cut it out, you two.


Daddy (to Alex): I love my boy.
Alex (to Daddy): I love my… hat.


(Alex is trying to learn how to swing on the swings all by himself.)
Alex: I'm excited I'm practicing! I'm proud of myself!

(Soon, he gets the hang of it, and keeps himself swinging without assistance.)

Alex (thrilled): Look Daddy, I'm doing it! I'm really doing it!

Alex: I'm good at it already!

Alex: I'm proud of myself!

Alex: I like swinging!

Claire: Alex, when are you gonna stop swinging?
Alex: I do not know!
Alex: When I'm all practice-ed! Then I can swing whenever, I, want!
Alex (to Mommy and Daddy): If you're busy, I can still swing! You don't have to push me!

Alex: Look Mommy, I did it again!

(Claire says something to Alex.)
Alex: I told you, I'm swinging the whole day!
Claire: Because I don't want you to.

Alex: Daddy, I'm swinging the whole day! Because it's so much fun!

(Claire says something to Alex.)
Alex: As I said, I'm swinging the whole day!

Alex (to Daddy): Look, I'm going really high! As high as you push me!
Daddy: Yeah!
Alex: I'm proud of myself!

Alex: When we went to The Tyler Place, did we have to leave our state?
Daddy: Yes we did.
Alex: Cool.

Alex: I'll never stop going high! Ever!


(inside)
Alex: I'm tired of swinging.

(Claire wants to give Grommie a treat.)
Daddy: Why don't you give him a million dollars?
Claire: Okay.
(Claire gives Grommie a million dollars.)
Claire (smiling): I gave it to him.
Daddy: What did he do with it?
Claire: He ate it.
Daddy: What would you do with a million dollars?
Claire: I would play with it.
Daddy: Alex, what would you do with a million dollars?
Alex: I would throw it, all through the town, and up into outer space.