Eitan Says – Page 10 – That's what he said.

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.

Tags animals, comedy, humor

Phrasing

Cute Little Fellow

Dodo will forever be known as the cute little fellow. No idea where this came from.

Questions

Why big big socks?

While donning booties during a recent house project, Eitan believed the ridiculously large, blue floor protectors to be socks; really, really big ones.

Phrasing

Dodo Gets Me

While waiting for us to put on our shoes before heading out, Eitan squeezed his bear (affectionately named Dodo) and exclaimed that the inanimate object really understands him.

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.

Ideas

What to do?

“Play all day,

nap all day,

eat all day,

count omer all day.”

Good thinking, Eitan!

Questions

Why Jesus?

Eitan was in the car with Papa. Someone was taking too long to turn.

Papa exclaimed: “Turn already, Jesus!”

“Why Jesus?” asked Eitan

“It’s a long story,” Papa replied

Tags New words

Phrasing

Eitan’s Name

Although entirely capable, Eitan refuses to say his own name. The more we try, the worse it gets. For a long time, he has called himself “Baby”. Recently, he learned that his middle name is Ori. This is apparently acceptable, and he now sometimes responds to the question, “What’s your name?” with “Baby Ori.” The best, however, was in the car yesterday. Rich asked Eitan his name and we got, “Happy boy!”

Tags name

Phrasing

Conversations with Siri

At any given time while receiving direction’s from Apple’s Siri, this is the conversation we receive from the back seat of the car:

Siri: At the light, turn left.
Eitan: No…
Siri: Continue straight.
Eitan: No.
Siri: In 500 feet, turn right.
Eitan: No!

Suffice to say, we will continue to leave “Hey Siri” disabled.

Tags car, driving, negative, technology

Phrasing

Baby out!

This morning started off like any other morning. Snack at 8:15. Circle Time at 10:00. Even lunch went off without a hitch, albeit the little boy partook of more of the sustenance due to the availably of pita and “hoo-moos” (a new favorite). But cozy time? Well, that’s a story worthy of a blog post.

Our guy takes a while to settle down post lunch. Books, a fight to put on his sleeper bag, more books, another fight to actually put the sleeper on. And so it went on this Monday, the seventeenth of January. That is, until Dada required use of the facilities.

Eitan took the suggestion like a champ. In his sleeper, he retained all three sponge toys as Dada placed him on the mat next to the shower. A few minutes went by as Eitan played peacefully and happily.

Then, it hit. “Hmmph. Hmmph.” His nose pointed up. I could see it in his eyes. “What is that smell, Dada?” But before I could blink, Eitan forwent with the quandary. Instead: “Baby out!”

Escape was only moments away and the entire adventure delayed nap time a measly five minutes or less, but this baby was done. Sometimes, you can avoid panic like this. But, sometimes, the old mantra rings true: when you gotta go, you gotta go.

Tags humor, toilet