Categories
Thoughts

My First Joke

Today, Eitan told his first joke!

Why did the animal go inside?

To talk!

Eitan

We were sitting in our “tent” – a blanket draped over a set of chairs – when he spurt it out. Eitan proceeded to ask me to tell Dodo jokes, to which I responded with your typical “why did the chicken cross the road?” bit. When that didn’t get any laughs, Eitan tried his hand at comedy for a second time.

Why did the animal go through the wall?

I don’t know.

Eitan

This continued for a while as it seemed more and more likely that his first attempt at spoken humor had been a fluke. That is, until Dada helped him along.

Why did the animal go through the wall?

To talk to the animal coming through the roof!

Eitan & Dada

He continued to repeat that chestnut the rest of the evening.

Categories
Thoughts

Truly, a wonder

We have started reading the Mercy Watson books to Eitan, and he seems to like them. Backstory: Mercy Watson is a pig. Her owners treat her as a child and frequently call her a porcine wonder. I explained to Eitan that “porcine” means “pig” but something didn’t sink in.

A couple weeks after this conversation, Eitan turns to Dodo and says “Dodo, you [are a] porcine wonder.”

Papa: “No, more like an ursine wonder!”

Eitan then insisted that Dodo truly was a porcine wonder.

Clearly, he understood the sentiment, if not the actual words.