What A Woman Wants

The boys have really been cracking me up lately.  

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Joe's latest joke: 

 "Knock, knock."  

"Who's there?" 

"Phyllis" 

"Phyllis who?" 

"Phyllis Mac and Cheese"  (peals of laughter)

If anyone can figure this one out, or the two knock knock jokes he may have combined to come up with this one, please leave your suggestion.

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Speaking of senses of humor, I love watching children develop their senses of humor.  Right now, the house is overwhelmed with potty humor.  "Poop" is the punch line to almost all jokes and is the silly additive to any song lyrics.  However, that is not the part I love.  What is so interesting to me is the beginning part - what Andrew is going through.  A few weeks ago, Joe walked up to him with a blanket on his head.  It made Andrew laugh out loud.  It was something out of the ordinary, and he recognized it as funny.  So far, it has only been tickling or silly, exaggerated faces that got the chortles.  Is is just me or is he advanced?  Pretty soon, he will be picking up irony and hyperbole.

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I am amazed at how much alike Andrew and Joseph are.  I have recently noted that Andrew may be left-handed like Joe.  They were both calm and smiley babies, and they both have dry skin issues, among other similarities.  Andrew more so, but that's probably because we're up here now, when we spent Joe's baby-hood in a humidified house in IA.  Okay, long intro to a semi-funny story.  I was slathering lotion on Andrew and decided Joe could use a little slather, too.  He protested, but I won out in the end and lotioned his back.  He was super mad at me and fell to the ground on his back and wiped off the lotion with the carpet (imagine a bear scratching his back on a tree... it was that motion.)  The little turkey!

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Since the twins still have their dairy allergy, we're still reading labels and obsessing about ingredients.  Scott accidently picked up a cake mix at the store that he didn't read thoroughly enough.  I set it on the counter to give away, and Luke found it.  

"Mommy!  Let's make this cake!''  

"Sorry, Luke, that will make you sick" 

"No it won't - (Sniffing the box) See, there's not milk in it!"

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Scott was asking the boys what they thought I would want for my birthday.

Luke:  "She wants Little Einsteins Christmas Wish!" (his current heart's desire)

Scott (trying another approach): "Maybe not.  What are some things mommy likes to do?"

Joe:  "Clean!!!"

Scott:  "Sure, what else?"

Joe:  "Sweep!  Dust!"

Scott:  "Uh, how about other kinds of things mommy likes to do,"

Joe:  "Pick up toys!"

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Finally, it took me a month, but I finally figured out Luke's "skunk in your ear" comment.  I think he meant to say "gunk."  Duh.