a rousing game of peek-a-boo...
In our home; the range of what we find funny is vast. We rolick with delight in the Quail’s early morning rounds of peek-a-boo, post-kidlet-bedtime-viewed episodes of The Daily Show. Lovey’s Rocks- both Yacht and 30, our favorite modern day Desi & Lucy‘s antics and Zuzu’s newly acquired skill of telling knock-knock jokes.
Here’s the thing- the repertoire; well, objectively speaking- is sorely lacking. The two-drink minimum dinner entertainment viewed nightly in our home usually starts like this:
Knock, knock....
Zuzu: “Knock-knock”
The ‘rents: “Who’s there?”
Zuzu: “Banana”
Zuzu: “Knock-knock”
The ‘rents: “Who’s there?”
Zuzu: “Banana”
Zuzu: “Knock-knock”
The ‘rents: “Who’s there?”
Zuzu: “Banana”
Zuzu: “Knock-knock”
The ‘rents: “Who’s there?”
Zuzu: “Orange.”
The ‘rents: “Orange who?”
Zuzu: “Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?”
Once we make it through Act 1, Acts 2-6 follow with the banana being replaced with any item in viewing distance. The girl’s got great generalization skills. What can I say?
That being said- could you help a beleaguered family out by supplying some new knock-knock resources we could foist upon her?
I’ve learned to cope with Zuzu’s other newly favorite brand of entertainment- repeating what I say verbatim by supplying her with items I like to hear. Early on I learned that just being silent wasn’t enough to redirect the, ahem, behavior . It just made her eyes sparkle more lustrously as she eagerly asked, “Momma, don’t you have something you want to say?” ; then articulates the exact tone of my, “No.” right back to me. If I have to have my words mockingly replayed, it might as well include sentences like, “Oh my Momma, what pretty hair you have today. Oh Momma, I love you soooooo much. You are just the best Momma ever!” Zuzu usually tires of repeating this long before I tire of hearing it. If only I had thought up this response back in fifth grade when it was every boy’s favorite game!
Oh- and I’m not joking about the knock-knock jokes…help us out people!
happy corner viewing!
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Ordinary Afters... 