Scale or Scoreboard?

Yesterday Paul put a new battery into our digital bathroom scale. At bedtime,
Joel stepped on it, and with excitement announced, "It says 'free nine'."

"Thirty-nine? Wow, Joel!" I said, putting toothpaste on his toothbrush.

He then looked eagerly at me. Not yet being able to pronounce his "st" blend, it comes out "'t."

"You 'tep on it, Mommy. See how many points you get!

One-Upping

Joel and Stephen were in the van telling knock-knock jokes. Four year olds love 'em, but don't always get 'em. (Joel's idea of a good knock-knock joke is one he makes up and get a laugh out of. The laugh comes from his own self, by the way.

After Stephen told a couple, Joel says, "Wait! I got a better one!" He then got so tickled at what he was going to say next that he laughed for another half-mile.


I cracked up. The jokes never got better, but I couldn't stop laughing about "Wait! I got a better one!"

Memories

Yesterday in the van, Joel recalled something that happened a long while ago.

Sarah said, "Wow, Joel. You have a good memory!"

To which he replied, "I have a LOT of good memories."