"Daddy, which one's the thumb?"

I was just talking to my mom yesterday about her needing a new Joshua story...hers have made the rounds of her friends and fellow teachers. And, as usual, Joshua does not disappoint. Here's what we got last night.

We were sitting down to dinner...a gourmet offering of Subway that I slaved over all afternoon. (Give me a break on this one, OK? We had music class until 6 and bellies were rumbling on the way home. No time for real cooking!) Jason and Joshua have taken to playing games a bit while eating. Frankly, it keeps Joshua interested in eating....which is generally the LAST thing he wants to do when we're sitting at the table for a meal. Jason was trying to coax Joshua to eat his hoagie just like Daddy did, so they'd each try to take a bite at the same time.

At one point, Jason gave Joshua the thumbs up sign, and Joshua tried to copy. Except the finger that shot up wasn't his thumb. You guessed it---- the middle one was the one he was flashing to Daddy as the thumbs up. When we started to giggle, Joshua quickly said, "Daddy, whicih one's the thumb?" At which point we lost it.

So there you go Mom. How's that?