On Saturday night after the dinner dishes had been cleared we sat around the table discussing our day. We talked about all the yard work we had done and the great books that we had checked out of the library.
It is such fun to have three year old that can join into discussions and share. JDaniel remembered specific details about the edging project he had helped his dad do and the weeds he had helped pull.
When we had finished chatting, my husband decided to try a joke out of JDaniel. With a three year old you can never be sure if they will understand the humor in a joke. Sometimes you have to explain the joke to them and even then you can end up with them rolling their eyes or looking confused.
JDaniel really enjoyed the joke and I thought I would share it with you.
One day a big mouth frog was out exploring the swamp not to far from his home. He had a wonderful time seeing new things and meeting new animals.
Just before heading home the big mouthed frog came upon an alligator gliding along the top the water in the swamp.
The big mouth frog noticed the alligator had started gliding towards him and remembered a question he had wanted to ask an alligator if he ever met one. The big mouth frog waited for the alligator to get close enough to him enough to him to ask his question.
The alligator thought is was odd that the frog was waiting for him, but decide to see that he wanted and glided even closer to him.
“Good day!” said the alligator with a grin on his face and twinkle in his eye.
“Good day!” replied the big mouth frog with a smile on his face.
“Can I help you with something?” the alligator asked slyly in a deep voice.
“I have always wondered what an alligator’s favorite food was!” the big mouth frog exclaimed.
“Really?” grinned the alligator.
“Yes, really!” said the big mouth frog.
“Well, I don’t know about all alligators, but I love big mouthed frog!” said the alligator still grinning.
“Oh!” answered the now wide eyed big mouth frog pursing his lips into as tight a pucker as he could and slowly backing away.
You probably needed to see my husband sly grin and final pucker to get the full effect of this joke. Since I didn’t video tape it, you can get the full effect by smiling as wide as you can for both the alligator and big mouth frog parts until the every end. At the end remember to pucker your lips when you read the final words of the big mouthed frog .
This post is linked to Mama Kat’s Writing Workshop!
Well, thank you for giving me a good reason to smile as wide as I can this morning! A good way to start the day!
How cute! It’s so fun that he’s starting to catch on to these things!
I remember doing that one too!
Very cute! Jokes are tricky – Pierce doesn’t usually get them
True story: This was one of my favorite jokes to tell as a kid. Still cracks me up. Thanks for the memory.
So funny! thank you for the fun memory
I remember this joke, haven’t heard in a long time,cute still,thanks for the smiles.
~Jo
LazyonLoblolly
That’s such a cute joke! I will have to share it with my kids, for sure! I’ve never heard this joke before.
This is adorable! Glad your son enjoyed the joke as well… it’s such a treat when they laugh at the jokes we tell, eh? 🙂
Love it! It’s wonderful for us to teach our children good humor, and this joke is a perfect example of good, clean fun!
That jokes is awesome – I love jokes that rely on the storyteller!
I’d never heard of that one! I’ll have to tell my kids…
Super cute! It is fun when they start connecting the dots in humor. And what a blessing it is to have a funny dad…my kids are 24 and 21 and to this day NO ONE makes them laugh like daddy!
Ha! Very cute. 🙂
I needed a smile today – been working on IRS stuff again… I’m sure no explanation needed on that!
Well, I have tried alligator – very rich & didn’t think it tasted just like chicken…but have never tried frogs…I couldn’t get past that big grin!
Cute joke!
Oh I love it!!! Such a fun joke to share with the kids. Thanks for stopping by aprons & Old lace. :)It is too early to write letters to Santa. Sometimes I get a wild hair and decide to go with it. 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!!!
aprons & Old lace
we have been all over frogs lately..I am excited to share this joke with my kids in the morning
I just made a post about our frogs…I am going to edit it..linking this cute story! =)
What a super post! Thanks for the uplifting thoughts and for your visit! Have a great day!
Coralie
That is a cute one. My daughter is stuck on the chicken crossing the road one. But she’s got her own twist:
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other sLide. 😉 hee hee.
Watching your children’s sense of humor emerge is one of the BEST parts of letting them grow up.
It only gets better, too.
(which is the price we pay for getting older, I suppose.)
JDaniel is a lucky boy to have parents like you. Keep laughing together.
Very cute! (I’m typing this with my lips still pursed, just in case …)
how cute!
im ready for this stage
Haha…cute joke. I shall try this on my kids one day! 🙂
Haha! I love this! My mom told me a version of that joke when I was a kid. I remember thinking it was funny. Then my little brother came along, and this joke cracked him right up! We laughed at him laugh until our stomachs hurt. Thanks for reminding me. 🙂 Visiting from the Time Travel.
So cute when they start to get all this stuff, and then prepare yourself for the onslaught of Knock knock jokes 😉
Thanks for hooking up to Time Travel Tuesday this week. I really love reading everyone’s old posts, some I have read before and some I am glad have been pointed my way!
ps. Wordy Wordless Wednesday link up tonight – so busy 😉
Visiting again from the time travel. Still one of my favorite jokes. 🙂