Daddy works on his computer a lot. And reads his Kindle. And plays video games. I’m just like Daddy.

Alex: Spring is fun, too. Because flowers grow right out of the ground. Right, Daddy?


Claire: You, can not, eat anybody else’s food, Alex. That’s not how you play Cupcake, and Gooey.

(Alex is sitting on the sofa, holding a closed book and a crayon.)
Claire: What are you doing, Alex?
Alex: I’m playing a video game. Like Daddy.

Alex: I’ll play this game. It’s called, Shoppers. People, uh, get a lot of food.

Alex: The lady’s a um, the lady’s a bad guy, and she’s tryin’ to steal the food from the store.
Claire: Me too.
Alex: I think I – I think I’ll do froggy tries to find his way back home.
Claire: Me either.

Claire: The boy’s tryin’ to, the mean boy’s trying to get the food, from the lady.
Alex: The frog is hopping, but he can’t find his way home. I’m trying to play that game. It’s really hard for me at once because, because of the ghostes finding his way, (inaudible) forest. Something about the frog has to find his way home, and sometimes they call it forest ghost.

Alex: He could’ve ran into that ghost. And if he runs into a ghost, um, you have to start over.

Alex: He made it through the forest!
Claire: He made it through the forest, yay!
Alex: Now I’m gonna work on my computer.
Claire: Me too.

(Alex stares at a closed book that he’s holding.)
Alex: I’m reading my Kindle.

Daddy: You guys are just like Mommy and Daddy, aren’t you?
Alex: No I’m doing like Daddy. Daddy works on his computer a lot. And reads his Kindle. And plays video games. I’m just like Daddy.

Alex: I don’t wanna read this book. I don’t like Dragon. I don’t like Dragon Dragon Go Away. I’ll look at a different one. I’ll look at the other ones. Ah! These are – these are all ones I don’t like. Oh. There’s one I like. Go in the house, go in the house, there’s a dragon.

Alex: Daddy?
Daddy: Yes.
Alex: But for real? Could I really – could I really – help you play a video game? Your video game?

Claire: Alex, why did you get a knife and a fork?
Alex: Because that’s how people cut stuff. They eat at a table with a knife and fork. Just like Mommy and Daddy.

Alex: I wanna be just like Daddy.


Alex: Mommy?
Mommy: Yeah?
Alex: Do mommies play video games, like daddies?
Mommy: Yeah, sometimes.
Alex: I thought so.

Alex: Mommy? On Monday I have to take a picture to school.
Mommy: A picture? What kind of picture?
Alex: Whatever picture. She didn’t tell me.
Mommy: Wha--? Oh, you’re gonna have your picture taken.