A trip to the aquarium.

[trof]

Yet another Jack story.
(Did I tell you about my grandson? He's two.)
;-)

Mommy tells Jack they're going to the Boston Aquarium on the train today.
Jack is doubly delighted. He likes to ride on the train and he never tires of the aquarium.

When they board the train, mommy lets Jack hold the tickets. She tells him the ticket man will come by and take their tickets and look at them, but he will give them back. Jack is very proud that mommy lets him hold the tickets, but he is unsure about the ticket man. Will he REALLY give them back?

Sure enough, the ticket man comes around and Jack hands him the tickets. As the man looks at Jack's tickets, Jack looks up at him and says "Give back?" The man looks down at Jack and smiles and says
"Yes, give back". AND HE DOES! JUST LIKE MOMMY SAID HE WOULD! Mommy is SO smart.

At the aquarium, mommy and Jack watch a large sea turtle swim by in the huge tank. Just as the turtle is right in front of Jack, it POOPS! "MOMMY! TURL POOPED!" Jack knows all about poop. He thinks this is very funny.

There's a big grouper following the turtle AND HE EATS THE POOP! "MOMMY! FISH EAT POOP! YUCKY!"
Mommy thinks this is very funny. She laughs. Jack laughs. Silly fish.
And life is good.
:-)

[put out]

1. Sweet!

My baby, after being bathed and playing a long time in the bathtub, is removed. His fingers and toes are wrinkled from the water, so I comment. He looked at his fingers in awe, and said "Wrinkle Wrinkle Little Star".

I laughed.

[trof]

2. Kids are just neat.

[billybob537]

3. You should write

childrens books.
Who'd a thunk "GROUPERS are REPUBLICANS."

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. that Jack is

some kid


when my grandson Billy was a little tyke I noticed him sitting quietly.

My "name " for him was Fred (still call him that occasionally)

I said "whatsa matter Fred"

He answered "Gramma I been franking about fings and now I am compressed"


I am never compressed when I frank about my Fred

[trof]

5. Kids are very uncompressing.

[trof]

7. Now that you mention it, Cheney kinda looks like a big grouper.

Hope he's wearing the stripes soon.

[trof]

6. Jack as Beau Brummel

Mommy is getting ready to dress Jack one morning.
Jack shows considerable displeasure.
"ARRGH!" (This is Jackese for "NO!")
"JACK DRESS!" (Jack's normal tone of voice is ALL CAPS with a lot of EXCLAMATION POINTS!)
"You want to dress yourself?"
"YESSS!!!"
"OK, what do you want to wear?"
Jack goes to a basket of clean laundry and selects a red T shirt. He manages to struggle into it quite correctly. It's both right-side-out AND it's not on backwards. Head through head-hole and arms through sleeves. Very good.
Next, Jack selects a blue T shirt and manages to get one leg through a sleeve and the other leg through the head hole. He pulls it up under his armpits.
There. All ready to go.

Damn nice try on your first time, Jack.
Keep at this. You'll get the hang of it.
;-)