Bag Lunch

Joseph was very excited about his field trip to Mount Vernon and the requirement of a bag lunch. Mainly because it meant I’d buy juice boxes for it. He got out the bag and he put in pretzels, 2 juice boxes and a fruit strip. I told him I’d make a PB&J in the morning.

“I know what this needs!” He says, and runs off to get a purse clip. He folds the top of the bag down and clips it, the carries it around the kitchen.

Maddie, watching, says, “Joseph, you need to put your name on it.”

“Oh yeah!” He goes to find a marker. By the time he returns, Maddie has found one and has started to write his name on the bag. “Hey! I can do that!” he says, and proceeds to write with his marker, but leaves off the h.

I point it out, “Sure you don’t want Maddie to help you there?” He laughs and adds the h.

“Joseph, do you want an orange in your lunch?”

“No thanks. I’ll take my chances with scurvy. I choose scurvy! Arrgh!”