11/11/07 conversation between grand and joe

JOE: Where's Margaret (Grand's cat)
GRAND: Joe, Margaret died so we won't be able to see her anymore. If we want to see her we'll have to look at pictures.
JOE: Where is she?
GRAND: She's buried under the porch.
JOE: Can I see a picture of her?
GRAND: There's one on the fridge.
JOE: No, one of her after she died.
GRAND: I can understand why you would want to see that, but I didn't take a picture after she died.
JOE: Are you sad?
GRAND: Yeah, I am sad about it.
JOE: Well... It's a good thing I'm here... I'll give you a hug... Because I'm a hero.
GRAND: Thanks, you are a hero.
JOE: I feel sad too.
GRAND: When you feel sad I can give you a hug too to make you feel better.
JOE: That's okay, I can take care of myself.

Joe Goes to the Dentist...

We go back at the end of November to have the three cavities filled.

New Pictures of the family

on Matthew's birthday

Matthew on the bed at home

Matthew and aunt Joannie

Matthew and Grand

Joseph's artwork: a horse (note the colorful head and myriad legs)

Joseph's artwork: Taking a photo of the rainbow he drew

Joseph and friends go trick-or-treating

Joseph's Halloween costume on display: a red bat

Matthew and proud father

Matthew

Matthew and proud older brother, Joseph

The Une

Mom: Do you know what a unicorn is Joe?

Joe: Yeah, it's a horse with a Une on top of it's head.

20 minutes later... Joe tells a story about unicorns...

Joe: ...And the unicorn sees a bad witch and he pokes the witch with its une.

Waiting for baby Matthew

10/8/07:
Joe found a corn kernel at the bottom of his popcorn bowl today and said,
"Dada, I simply simply must plant this seed."

9/27/07:
Mom, your belly is so big it could be a planet.

Joe at Soccer

Check out two new videos of Joe on his like-a-bike on the utube site.

misunderstandings of common household objects

Joe has a camping safety whistle that has a compass on the top. This morning he put the whistle in his mouth and then took it out and looked at the compass an said,
"My temperature says I need to whistle." And then blew on the whistle.

He also thinks that the scale tells you how old you are. He steps on and looks down and says,
"Two and a half."

We haven't felt the need to correct him.

Joe at the Farm

New Joe Quotes

This morning, halfway through eating a banana: "Grand told me that bananas don't grow in Minneapolis."

At a recent ultrasound: "What's this movie called?"

At the bottom of the stairs: "I looove insects."

About his new shoes: "These shoes are very fun for running!"

Dad: Woah, you're strong!

Joe: Yeah. 'Cause I'm a big 'ol big-boy.

Pudu

Grand: If you had a baby sister or brother, what do you think would be a good name?

Joe: Pudu.

Definition of Pudu: World's smallest deer, pictured above.

Joe to mom: Your hair is very pleasant for me to grab on to.

Joe: Can I have some CANDY?

Mom and Dad: No, you can't.

Joe: Oh, sad. I feel sad 'cause I can't have some candy. Sad. I'm sad... HEY! I know what feels me better.... CANDY!

First time using the word "delighted"...

Mom: Would you like a rice cake?

Joe: Yeah! I'd be delighted!

P.S.,
Watch for a new video of Joe singing "C is for Cookie" on youtube!

Joe at the Fire Station

Hey everyone, check out two new videos of Joe singing on youtube.

"Moe eats bones. I better leave my bones inside my body so Moe doesn't eat 'em."

In the car: "Fruit bats eat fruit. They hang upside-down like this... and fruit alligators eat fruit. That's why they're called fruit alligators."

Mom: What kind of pizza do you want?

Joe: Olive.

Mom: Do you want black olives or green olives?

Joe (confused, not knowing that green olives exist): .... .... I don't want a pizza without olives.

noisy fruit

"I like the taste of the strawberry.
I like the sound of the strawberry."

First day of Waldorf Preschool

Joe and I had our first Waldorf "Little Sprouts" class today. Complete with songs about "blessing father sun," and a candle-lit snack time. Joe's comment: "I don't know about this Waldorf."

"Come on moon! Let's go for a walk!"

"WHALE SHARK! WHALE SHARK!"-- Shouted while running through the house.

Joe's christmas photo shoot

Mom: Let's go downstairs.

Joe: Alright! Rock and roll man!

Mom: Did you just say "rock and roll man"?

Joe: Yeah! Rock and roll dude.

Mom: Where did you learn THAT?

Joe: Daddy told me.

Joe: When I grow up to be a farmer, I will ride a tractor. And I will eat apples in my tractor.

Mom: Who wants CAULIFLOWER!?!??

Joe: I do!!... I don't want some cauliflower.