- [first lines]
- Claudia Salinger: [Claudia is playing with puppets] The way I see it, your 12th birthday is technically your last one as a kid, because, uh, 13's next, and once you're a teenager, you're practically a grownup.
- Julia Salinger: Claudia, I'm studying, okay?
- Claudia Salinger: So, I figure the 12th birthday should be a real blow-out. Right? Right?
- [Owen cooes]
- Julia Salinger: Right. Whatever. Go away.
- Claudia Salinger: Too bad about Kirsten's conference. She'll miss all the fun, but I bet she brings us something cool from Chicago. What do they make in Chicago?
- Julia Salinger: Claudia!