Bits and pieces

[ailbhe]

Linnea, singing in the bath last night after we got back from the Downshire Square bike event: "We are family! I got all my sisters with me! We are family!"

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Jokes and tricks: please, when does the concept of a punchline get through?

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Grime begrime slime: my children are stained, but have smart new clothes for the wedding. I hope this is good enough.

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Laundry: I'm about to hang the fourth load of the day, and hopefully take in the third.

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Packing: We're almost done. If Rob polishes his shoes, we can get the main suitcase finished today.

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Waste disposal: We need another tray for our wormery. The worms can't get through all our biodegradable waste quickly enough. Unless perhaps we just need more worms. I should look it up somewhere.

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Home: My children love being at home. I let my post-traumatic-birth cabin fever lead me to spend far too much time out of our home and they adore being here. I must try to have more time when we spend whole mornings, afternoons, or even days at home.

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Jokes and tricks: please, when does the concept of a punchline get through?

I think it varies, from perhaps as young as four or five, to, well, never.

[tchemgrrl.livejournal.com]

About six, I think; I remember a very distinct change in that way with the older of my younger sisters when I came back from my first semester of college. I think they need to know enough words to understand wordplay.

(Also, punchlineless jokes were still funny at that point. "Knock knock, who's there, banana, banana who, banana [word that's risque to a kindergartener] [body part]" didn't get old for another year or so.)

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

Oliver and Daniel - both 5 - have grasped the concept of a punchline. They haven't quite managed to work out which ones are funny. They can tell a received joke quite well (the Dr Who knock-knock is popular) but any they make up tend to fizzle ;-)

Christopher and Becky - 8 - have known what's funny for quite some time. So probably about 6.

[k425.livejournal.com]

YB still has no idea. He makes up jokes all the time and we (have to) laugh uproariously. They are generally along the lines of "why did the chicken cross the road? Because he had his coat on!".