[♪♪♪] ♪ Waahoooa yay!
♪ Vamonos!
♪Lo le lo lai, lo lai lai lo le, ♪
♪ it's Alma's Way!
♪ Here she comes,
♪beaming with pride and something to say! ♪
♪ Hear those drums?
♪ Playing Alma's Way.
♪ From the Bronx,
♪ singing a le lo lai, lai lo lei! ♪
♪ Our island songs,
♪ saying Alma's Way!
♪So many questions, so much to explain. ♪
♪ Hoh! ♪ Figure it out as you hop on the train. ♪
♪Hoo!♪ ♪With Mami, Papi, Junior and Abuelo, mi gente. ♪
♪ I'll think it through and share it with you, ♪
♪ come on vente!
♪ There she goes!
♪Learning about her world every day. ♪
♪ The whole world knows,
♪ it's Alma's Way...
♪ Alma's Way!
♪i¡Wepa! ♪
[Train rumbles by]
ALMA: "“Picture Perfect"”
♪♪♪
ALMA: That's Mr. Jordan.
He's going to take Papi's picture for a magazine.
They've been friends forever.
[parrot squawk] PAPI: Okay!
i¡Muy bien, amigo!
We're ready for our close-up.
Mmm-hmm.
[parrot squawk]
JORDAN: [chuckles] Almost set, Doc.
RAFIA: How are you going to pose with the parrot, Dr. Rivera?
PAPI: Um, well, uh... Good question.
I'm not sure. '‘Ey, Jordan, what do you think? Silly?
Ahee..
PAPI: Serious?
Uh-uh-uh-hmm.
PAPI: Action sh*t?
Hoo, ha! [parrot squawks]
JORDAN: [chuckling]
Hey, my man, just relax, and have fun with it.
ALMA: You got this, Papi!
PAPI: Right. I can do this.
[deep breath]
[sing-song] i¡Rubén al rescate!
[camera click]
PAPI: Hm. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh!
JORDAN: Yo, Rubén.
Don't pose, just be yourself.
My thing is to take photos of folks doing their thing.
Ya feel me, Doc?
PAPI: [nervous] Gotcha, man.
Don't pose. Do my thing. [chuckles]
JORDAN: This is just a regular vet visit,
what would you normally do?
PAPI: I'd examine the parrot.
[parrot squawk]
JORDAN: Eyyyy! There it is!
Uhh, ah! Perfect! [chuckles]
PAPI: I see. This is more me.
JORDAN: Now you're feeling it! Keep doing your thing!
ALMA: These pictures are going to be ah-may-zing.
RAFIA: Totally. I wish we could do a photo sh**t.
ALMA: [gasp]
[chicken cluck]
ALMA: Why can't we?!
RAFIA: Huh?
ALMA: What if we take pictures of animals around the neighborhood?
RAFIA: Oh yeah! We could use the old camera Safina gave me!
ALMA: Ooh! Maybe we can make a book with the pictures?
RAFIA: I love that! We can call it "“Animals of the Bronx!"”
ALMA: Yeah we can! Let's find some animals!
[bike bell]
RAFIA/ALMA: Hmmm...
RAFIA: Hey,
how '‘bout we get a picture of a pigeon eating that bagel?
ALMA: Great idea! Get ready to take the picture.
[pigeon coo]
ALMA: Hi, pigeon.
Go ahead, take the bagel.
[pigeon coo]
RAFIA: Mmm, bagel. Delicious!
[pigeon coo] ALMA: [gasp]
ALMA: Did you get the picture?
RAFIA: No. I was waiting for
that one to eat the bagel.
ALMA: Guess we need another animal.
LUCAS: Hey, Rafia. Hey, Alma.
ALMA: Hey, Lucas!
[frog croaks]
ALMA: Lucas, Hopper!
RAFIA: Wait up!
ALMA: Can he do any tricks?
LUCAS: Not really...
RAFIA: His name IS Hopper.
Maybe we can get him to hop?
ALMA: Yeah! Let's get a picture of that for our book.
LUCAS: Book?! Hopper has always wanted to be in a book.
At least, I think so.
ALMA: Alright, Hopper... Hop!
RAFIA: C'mon, not even a little hop?
[croak]
LUCAS: Yeah.. he does what he wants to.
You really don't know when--
ALMA: [gasp]
RAFIA: He's hopping!
ALMA: Or not... [camera click]
RAFIA: Looks like he's playing hide-and-seek.
LUCAS: That's Hopper for you. Very sneaky.
ALMA: Maybe he'll come back out
and we can get him to hop through my arms?
LUCAS: It might take a few minutes...
or...
hours for him to come back out.
ALMA/RAFIA: Hours?!
RAFIA: Maybe we should try another animal?
LUCAS: Ooh...
How about André's guinea pigs?
He's always talking about how they like to race.
ALMA: Oh yeahh! Thanks, Lucas.
And Hopper.
RAFIA: Bye, Lucas! ALMA: Bye!
[croak]
[squirrel squeak]
ALMA: Hey, look!
ALMA: We need to get a picture of that!
[squirrel squeak]
RAFIA: Aww, sooo close!
ALMA: Getting animal pictures
is way way waaay harder than I thought.
JORDAN: [laughs]
Oh those squirrels are fast!
ALMA: Hey, Mr. Jordan. What are you taking a picture of?
JORDAN: Birds.
RAFIA: Ummm... I don't see any birds...
JORDAN: I saw a baby bird fly out of that nest.
So I'm hoping the little guy will come back.
ALMA: Wouldn't it be ah-may-zing if a bird landed on my hand?
RAFIA: That would be a perfect picture.
JORDAN: Yeah, but there are lots of perfect pictures.
It's pretty amazing when animals do their own thing too.
Check this out...
JORDAN: A hummingbird flying upside down!
ALMA: No way!
RAFIA: Wow!
How did you get it to do that?
JORDAN: I watched,
waited...
and let the bird be itself.
[chuckles] Nature, am I right?
[bird chirp]
JORDAN: [gasp]
Eyyy, see that?! Yeah, perfect!
[bird chirping]
[camera click]
RAFIA: Wow, he's good.
ALMA: C'mon, let's get our picture of Freddy and Fernie.
[pigeons coo]
ANDREÉ: Okay Freddie and Fernie...
It's your time to shine.
[sniffing]
RAFIA: Ooh! Let's get one of Freddy and Fernie
chasing each other!
ALMA: On it!
ANDREÉ: Try giving them a snack.
That usually gets them moving.
[munching]
[camera click]
ALMA: Awww!!
RAFIA: It's cute,
but why won't any of the animals do what we want them to?
ANDREÉ: Maybe '‘cause they're
animals?
ALMA: Wait a minute, there's one animal that always does what we want...
Well, almost always.
ALMA/RAFIA: Chacho!
[Chacho growls] [toy squeaks]
[bark]
ALMA: Aww, hola, Chacho!
ALMA: Let's get Chacho to do something like...
Hold on!
He would look way way way adorable posing in this.
[panting]
[grunts]
[camera click]
[grunts]
ALMA: Aw, Chacho!
ALMA: Chacho, roll back this way!
RAFIA: C'mon, Chacho!
ALMA: Here he comes! Take the picture!
[camera clicks]
ALMA: Argh. Now he won't STOP rolling.
ALMA: Wait. I know what will work!
He can't resist Abuelo's socks!
ALMA: i¡Chacho, mira!
[grunt]
[camera click]
ALMA: Did you get the picture?
RAFIA: Nope...
But he does look adorable in this one.
ALMA: Totally! Sooo cute.
RAFIA: [sigh] None of our photos came out the way we wanted.
ALMA: Yeah, the animals won't pose.
RAFIA: We should just give up on our book.
[Chacho growling]
ALMA: I don't want to give up!
We know what we want, so why can't we take perfect pictures?
I gotta think about this.
Hmm...
It was really hard to get the animals to do what we wanted them to do.
RAFIA: But he does look adorable in this one.
ALMA: I mean, we got some great pictures,
kinda by accident...
JORDAN: Now you're feeling it! Keep doing your thing!
ALMA: "“Do your thing?"”
Ohhh, we gotta let the animals do their own thing.
I know what to do!
ALMA: Hey, Rafia! I know what's wrong!
RAFIA: What?
ALMA: Nothing's wrong!
RAFIA: Huh?
ALMA: These pictures are great!
RAFIA: They're nice but they're not what we wanted.
ALMA: We've been trying to get the animals to pose,
instead of letting them just be...
themselves.
RAFIA: Whoa! You're totally right, Alma!
ALMA: Let's get more pictures for our book!
RAFIA: Yeah!
♪♪♪ [camera clicks]
RAFIA: Now that's puurr-fect.
[pigeon coos]
[camera click]
[water flowing]
[seagull squawk] [camera click]
[squirrel squeak]
[camera click]
[truck rumbles by]
♪♪♪
ALMA: This book is going to be sooo good!
RAFIA: Totally! We can call it
"“Bronx Animals Doing Whatever They Want"”
ALMA/RAFIA: Yeah! Woo! [door opens]
ALMA/RAFIA: [giggles]
JORDAN: Hey, Doc!
PAPI: Hey, Jordan! Come on in.
JORDAN: Hi, kids!
ALMA/RAFIA: Hi!
JORDAN: Thought you might like a sneak peek of your photos.
PAPI: Yeah, let's see '‘em!
JORDAN: What do you think? Nice, right?
RAFIA: Oooh. ALMA: Wow.
PAPI: [chuckles]
RAFIA: These are awesome!
ALMA: i¡Qué chévere, Papi!
PAPI: [chuckles] I think I look pretty good, if I say so myself.
JORDAN: [whistles] Whoa, hold on!
JORDAN: These are incredible sh*ts!
You gotta tell me how you got them.
ALMA: If you want to get a great picture of an animal,
you gotta let it do its thing.
PAPI: [chuckles] Humans too.
RAFIA: [giggles]
JORDAN: [chuckles] That's right.
PAPI/ALMA: [laughs]
JORDAN: Ah.. Uh-huh!
[camera click] Yeah!
[camera click]
ALMA: Now, that's the perfect picture!
[Chacho barks]
[♪♪♪]
[train rumbles away]
ALMA: "“Hands for the Day"”
[traffic]
ANIK: [humming]
♪Bangladeshi music playing in the store♪
RAFIA: Okay, you ready, Alma?
ALMA: Oh, yeah! Watch this.
ALMA: Woo! Made it!
Delivery day at the Huda Store is the best.
So many boxes!
RAFIA: Okay, watch this!
RAFIA: World's Greatest Bouncer!
ALMA: Hold up! It's my turn again.
[door bell rings]
RAFIA: Hey, Safina!
ANIK: Safina! How are you feeling?
What did the doctor say?
SAFINA: I'm okay, Baba. It's just a sprain.
ALMA: What happened?!
SAFINA: I fell off my skateboard.
FATIMA: Good thing you were wearing your helmet.
SAFINA: Mmhmm. But I'm fine, see?
SAFINA: Ugh..
ANIK: Safina, you need to rest.
SAFINA: I can still do stuff...
FATIMA: Of course! But you need to rest your arm.
SAFINA: There's so much to unpack here,
and then I have to make a video
and decorate cupcakes for school.
ALMA: Safina is always helping everyone.
Wait a minute, what if we help you?
RAFIA: Yeah, we can help!
ANIK: How kind of you two.
FATIMA: Yes, they could be your...
"Hands for the Day!"
ALMA/RAFIA: Hands for the day!
ALMA/RAFIA/SAFINA: [giggles]
SAFINA: I'd love that! Thanks.
RAFIA: Nice! Where do we start?
SAFINA: Follow me.
SAFINA: So the cans need to go on these shelves.
Stack '‘em like this...
Ouch! Ah..
I keep forgetting I shouldn't use my arm.
ALMA: We got it.
RAFIA: Yup! Easy.
SAFINA: Great. Thanks.
[truck horn honks]
SAFINA: Oh, the delivery person is here. Be right back.
RAFIA: Wanna see who can stack faster?
ALMA: Oh, I'm the fastest.
RAFIA: Nun-uh!
ALMA: Race ya. , , , go!
RAFIA: Done!
ALMA: Done!
FATIMA: How's the stacking?
RAFIA: We finished. Whaddya think?
FATIMA: Oh!
FATIMA: Uh.. You unpacked a lot of cans.
FATIMA: Let me show you something, huh...
FATIMA: So what do these cans have inside?
ALMA/RAFIA: Tomatoes!
FATIMA: Right, so if we stack them neatly with the labels facing out,
it will be easier for customers to find what they're looking for.
ALMA: Ohhh!
RAFIA: Gotcha!
[door bell rings]
SAFINA: Okay okay, so I was looking at the mural outside
and just got the BEST idea for my school video project.
RAFIA: What is it? What??
SAFINA: Imagine Ladli on a skateboard...
except she's a giant monster! Invading the city!
RAFIA: Whoaa!
ALMA: Ah-may-zing!
SAFINA: Right?!
Oh, umm...
We can do that Ma.
FATIMA: Go go! I'll finish up here.
SAFINA: Really?
Thanks, Ma. You're the best.
ALMA: Thanks, Mrs. Huda!
RAFIA: Thanks, Ma!
FATIMA: Good luck waking Ladli up.
She's been sleeping in the front all morning.
[purring]
ALMA: Found you!
RAFIA: C'mon, Ladli,
you're going to be a monster
in Safina's video.
[purring]
ALMA: Ladli loves her naps.
SAFINA: I just need to grab my tripod and skateboard.
ALMA: Hold up, Safina!
ALMA: We're your "Hands for the day!" Remember?
SAFINA: [chuckling] That's right.
SAFINA: Okay everything's behind the counter.
ALMA: I'm on it!
ALMA: Ready!
[traffic]
SAFINA: A little to the left, please...
SAFINA: A little to the right...
SAFINA: That's it!
Now when Rafia rolls Ladli in,
it'll look like she's a giant monster!
ALMA: That's gonna be way way wayyyy sa-weet...
and cute.
[meow]
RAFIA: Awww,
of course I'll pet you.
SAFINA: Places, everyone.
ALMA "“Ladli Takes Over the Cit"”" take one!
[clap]
SAFINA: And action!
[meow]
RAFIA/ALMA: Aww!
[purring]
SAFINA: Okay, Rafia. Let's record before Ladli gets sleepy.
RAFIA: Sure!
SAFINA: "“Ladli Takes Over the City"” take two!
SAFINA: Annnd Action!
RAFIA/ALMA: [giggling]
SAFINA: Uhmm.. I said, "“Action!"”
RAFIA: Whoops. Okay, ready!
SAFINA: [sighs] Cut!
ALMA: Told ya Ladli loves her naps.
SAFINA: Ohhh... well, I guess we can try later.
RAFIA: What can we help you with next?
SAFINA: Well... there's the school bake sale tomorrow
and I signed up to bring cupcakes.
ALMA: I love baking cupcakes!
RAFIA: Mmm and I love eating cupcakes.
SAFINA: [chuckles] I already baked them yesterday.
So we just need to decorate them.
C'mon! Ah-
ALMA: Whoa! I gotchu!
SAFINA: Thanks.
SAFINA: So I was thinking the cupcakes should look something like this.
ALMA: Ooh..
RAFIA: Ooh.. That looks yummy.
FATIMA: Okay, we've got frosting,
sprinkles
and more sprinkles!
You name it, I have it!
ALMA: Now that's what I call SA-WEET!
RAFIA: This is going to be sooo good.
FATIMA: Aww, Babu. I'll go get an ice pack for your arm, okay?.
SAFINA: Thanks, Ma.
RAFIA: World's Greatest Cupcake Decorator?
ALMA: Ready... set...
SAFINA: Hold up. Uh, maybe I should frost them for you.
Uh- I can use this hand.
[struggling effort] Ahh..
FATIMA: Safina, I have ice!
RAFIA: Don't worry, Safina, we got this.
SAFINA: Ohh-kay,
SAFINA: You sure you got this?
RAFIA: Yup!
ALMA: Sure do!
SAFINA: Be back in a sec.
ALMA: What do ya think?
RAFIA: They look good. But...
ALMA: Buuuuut...?
RAFIA: They could use a little more...
I dunno... excitement?
ALMA: I was thinking the same thing!
ALMA: More icing!
RAFIA: More sprinkles!
ALMA/RAFIA: More everything!! [giggles]
ALMA: Safina's gonna love these.
ANIK: [humming]
♪Bangladeshi music
SAFINA: I'm back! How'd it go with the--
[gasp]
ALMA: TADAAA!
RAFIA: Whatcha think?
SAFINA: Ohhh... wow...
those-those are verrry decorated.
RAFIA: Right?!
ALMA: Looks even better now.
RAFIA: It's a cupcake masterpiece!
ALMA/RAFIA: [giggles]
RAFIA: On my next one,
I'm gonna add even more sprinkles and frosting!
ALMA: Ooo, good idea!
SAFINA: So, why don't I do the rest of the cupcakes?
ALMA: Nah, we got this.
RAFIA: Yeah, we're your frosting hands!
SAFINA: Ummm...
SAFINA: That's okay. I'll do these myself.
SAFINA: [struggling effort]
ALMA: Heyyy... why is Safina decorating cupcakes?
We're supposed to be helping her.
What's going on?
I gotta think about this.
ALMA: We've been helping out Safina all day.
FATIMA: If we stack them neatly with the labels facing out,
it will be easier for customers to find what they're looking for.
ALMA: Hmm... we helped, but
maybe we didn't help the way we needed to?
SAFINA: We can do that Ma.
SAFINA: [sighs] Cut!
SAFINA: That's okay. I'll do these myself.
ALMA: Oh! Safina wanted us to help in her way.
But we did things our way.
ALMA: I know what to do.
RAFIA: [humming]
ALMA: Hey, Rafia. Safina really needs our help.
RAFIA: Uhh... isn't that what we're doing?
ALMA: Kind of, but not in the way Safina needs us to.
RAFIA: Huh?
ALMA: Safina asked us to stack the cans,
but your mom had to redo them.
RAFIA: Oh yeah. I guess we didn't do that right.
ALMA: And we kept petting Ladli while Safina was trying to make her video.
RAFIA: Uh-huh. And it made Ladli fall asleep.
ALMA: Yup. So, Safina didn't get the video she wanted.
RAFIA: And our cupcakes, which are ah-may-zing,
aren't really how Safina asked us to decorate them, right?
RAFIA: Let's say something to her...
ALMA: Uhhh, Safina? Can we try helping you again?
RAFIA: Yeah, but this time we'll help the way you want us to.
SAFINA: I'd appreciate that. Thanks, you two.
ALMA: Now back to work, hands!
ALL: [giggles]
♪♪♪
SAFINA: Action!
[dramatic meows]
SAFINA: And CUT!
RAFIA: These are looking delicious!
SAFINA: Awesome job! Thank you, my "helping hands!"
ALMA/RAFIA: "Hands for the Day!"
SAFINA: One-handed hug?
RAFIA/ALMA: [chuckles]
ANIK: [chuckles] Hey, time for a break!
ALMA/RAFIA: Yes!
[glasses clink]
ALMA: Safina does a LOT in one day.
And now my hands need a rest too! [giggles]
[music fades]
[♪♪♪]
01x33 - Picture Perfect/Hands for the Day
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The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.
The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.