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Me: Markers only go on paper, not on your feet.
Alex: No, on my toesies!
Me: I know Gran had painted toenails, but you are not Gran.
Alex: applies marker to toes with a flourish. I'm pretending to be Gran.

Alex: pretending to bathe a triceratops. I will pour water on you.
Triceratops (a.k.a. me): No, I'm all done! Waaaah!
Alex: Shh! I have to wash your hair.
Triceratops (a.k.a. me): Waaah! I don't like it!
Alex: No, you do not say that. *I* say that.
Me: Oh, that's true. Maybe triceratops likes to have its hair washed. What *does* Triceratops say?
Alex: Raaaaar!

Alex: holds out a banana peel. Mama, will you fix it?
Me: Once a banana is peeled, you can't really fix it.
Alex: You will try to fix it with your tools.
Me: I don't have any tools that could fix a banana peel.
Alex: You will go to the store and buy some tools to fix it.

Edited to add:
Alex: listening to a Kermit the Frong song. He can swim in the water.
Me: That's right, "he's a Caribbean amphibian." An amphibian is an animal who can live in the water, or on the land.
Alex: Or in a house!