The first joke my daughter ever learned was "Why did the girl bring toilet paper to the party? Because she was a party pooper!" She was 3 or 4 and she told it to everyone, multiple times.
Last summer when my daughter did radiation the first time, the child life specialist found out that she liked jokes and brought her a special notebook where she could write her jokes along with a joke book. My daughter's third grade teacher apparently taught her how to make up jokes, and she does it all the time. At every appointment, she asks everyone if they want to hear a joke. What follows is a mix of puns, dad jokes, and stupid riddles. I think she likes getting a laugh out of people.
Here are 2 jokes my daughter has wrote down in her special joke book last summer. I think she came up with these herself:
- What did one grain of wheat say to the other on the Ferris wheel? This ride is toast-ally awesome.
- What did one cheese puff say to a super hero cheese puff? You're very powderful!
Before her surgery, I made a Facebook post requesting jokes and everyone and their mom decided to send us joke books. I don't have the heart to tell anyone just how many we got - but it's more kid joke books than a normal person should have.
My favorite was all the individual jokes and videos people sent us. We went through them all one night before surgery when we were feeling anxious. I told her more after surgery when she would have moments of alertness. It helped get a laugh amid the pain she was feeling.
When the neurosurgeon came by for a final check before releasing us from the hospital, he got two jokes. I hope all the hospital staff went home thinking about that kid who told all the jokes.
Last week one of my students told me they were going to be traveling to Florida for medical appointments at the Mayo Clinic. I don't know what it is for, but traveling for medical testing is never great. I told her a little about our traveling and then offered to share some of my daughter's jokes. It felt good to pass them along to someone else.
A Silly Song The Kids Are Obsessed With
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