Captain Jelly Belly told his first joke yesterday.

He likes this show called Peep and The Big Wide World, which features a yellow chick (Peep), a blue duck (Quack), and a red robin (Chirp). Every day for the past two months, we have colouring time, and he asks me to draw a picture of the three main characters. I always ask him what colour to use for each — for example, he’ll say, “Peep?” and I’ll say, “What colour is Peep?” and he’ll say “Yellow!” and so I’ll draw a yellow Peep.

Yesterday this same exchange happened for the millionith time, but when I asked what colour to use for Peep — and was already reaching for the yellow crayon — he said, “Red!!” then burst out laughing.

Because the very idea of a red chick is just so hilarious.

Hee hee hee!