First Joke?

Today at dinner, Dani came up with her first real joke. She just randomly asked:

"Why do Pirates say 'Ar!'?"

I told her I didn't know. I wondered why she was asking and bringing it up. She then responded, "Because they don't know the words"

I thought it was quite clever that she mixed a joke from one of her favorite books ("Rhymes and Riddles, Gags and Giggles") with a cartoon she saw yesterday (Backyardigans, "Pirate Treasure") to come up with a similar, but appropriate joke.

She's been trying to figure out knock-knock jokes for a couple months now, and even though she knows how to respond, her attempts at retelling the joke, or creating her own have been funny mostly because of how nonsensical they are, such as . . .

Knock-knock
who's there?

Dr. Pizza

Dr. Pizza who?
Dr. Pizza surprised by a banana! (followed by hysterical laughing, which you can't help but join)

Here are Dani's "Noculars". Notice there are no holes through them for her eyes.