Quotables: Joshua
So Joshua’s 3. And at 3, kids usually aren’t known for instigating conversation. It’s mostly self-involved questions and exclamations/statements like, “Can I have some candy?”, “That’s a cool bug!” or “I need to go peeps!” MC usually gets some conversation going around the dinner table by asking, “So what was your favorite part of the day?” It’s a good reminder and mine usually involves standard stuff like, “Leaving work”, “seeing my lady friend and my little dude” or “Not dying”. It’s been a while since we’d done it, but the other night Joshua stops eating, puts his spoon down and thoughtfully looks at me and sincerely asks. “So… so Papa. <dramatic pause> What was your favorite part of the day?” That right there, pal.
Joshua’s apparently begun keeping a running grocery list in his head. The other day he approached MC, “Mama, we need to go to the store.”
“Oh yeah? Why?”
“Because we’re out of Fruit Loops and Teddy Bears [Ed: Teddy Grahams] and salad.”
With the Vinton seed over at our house last weekend, I splurged and bought one of my favorite guilty pleasures: Hostess Old Fashioned Glazed Cake Donuts. We had a box left over, so Joshua tapped into them. After devouring two, he looks at MC and says, “Donuts are good for your body.” Let there be no doubt: Joshua is a genius.
Joshua’s been getting over a little cold and MC’s been working on consistantly blowing the ol’ nose so he’s not always wiping his arm and sniffing. On one attempt to get the boogies out, Joshua refused and, amidst the whining stated, “Mama! These aren’t blowing ones– they’re picking ones!”
Apparently, Joshua watched a bit of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with some cousins when he was up in Park City a week or two ago. This might explain his sudden voracious appetite for chocolate bars. He’d attempted to sneak one yesterday (he’s learned to climb onto the counter) and was stymied. So today, he learned his lesson and asked. MC says, “You can once you go peeps.” To which Joshua says, “Good! Then I can get the Golden Ticket!”
