Jokes

These guys are such a team.  I'm so thankful that they have each other and are such good buddies, even though their teamwork sometimes gets them into mischief!

Today they teamed up to keep each other from getting a nap, even though we were up until almost 11 last night after watching fireworks.  I was taking a little respite this afternoon while they played, and enjoyed listening to their conversation.

Caedmon said: "Isaac, tell me a joke."

Isaac:  "One day there was a big sheep on a picnic blanket and it went like this." (Stands up and turns around backwards in the chair, then laughs.)

Caedmon:  "I have a joke!  One day there was a scarecrow, who fell in a mud puddle!" (Big laugh)

Isaac:  "I tell you a joke.  Okay. One day there was a (unintelligible...?) standing in the barn with a rooster.  Aah hahaha."

They went back and forth telling their "jokes" and cracking each other up...I'm sure glad they "get" each other's jokes and sense of humor!

 

I accidentally ended up with a jalapeno plant in our garden, thinking it was a red bell pepper.  It started to put on some little peppers a while back but I wasn't really paying much attention to them.  One afternoon I was helping the boys pull some carrots and pick peas when Isaac, from behind me, began exclaiming, "Hot!  Hot!" and spitting something out.  I realized he'd picked the pepper and sampled it all by himself - a big surprise!  I tasted it too, and thankfully it's a milder jalapeno than others I've had, and he quickly recovered.  Despite his displeasure with its flavor, he carried the pepper around proudly and brought it in the house for us to eat.

 

We had our first attempt at raising carrots.  The greens looked pretty but unfortunately the carrots themselves were tough and didn't taste good at all.  It has still been fun to watch them grow and pull them up, though!  The boys love any opportunity to harvest something from our garden!  Caedmon probably ate his little pea pod right after I took this photo, he enjoyed them thoroughly.

 

Isaac helped me pick this squash.  We've all had so much fun watching our plants grow! 

 

Something that I've noticed about Isaac lately is that he likes to accessorize.  We were planning to walk down the sidewalk one afternoon, and he had asked me to help him put on his flip flops, which he thinks are great, I assume because his feet stay cooler.  He also wore his cap, then decided he also needed sunglasses.  By the time he finally hopped onto his tricycle, he was one cool looking dude!