Ouch!

Daniel discovered last night that if he throws the electronic ball his grandma gave him, it makes a loud crash. The loud noise (and fear of dents in the floors) caused Mommy to react by saying "Oh! Ouch!" Hilarious! Before bed last night, he must have thrown that ball at least 20 times, giggling with each "Ouch!" Finally, I stashed the ball and tried to replace it with a small basketball. It's not as loud, but Mommy still reacts with "Oh! Ouch!" so the substitution was (eventually) accepted.

Looking back, Daniel's reaction to a particular episode of Caillou should have clued me in to his love of physical comedy. There's a scene in Caillou where he and his friends, Jason and Jeffrey, are playing outside on a hot summer day. Caillou clambers up on a beach ball then rolls off. Jeffrey wants a try and launches himself onto the ball. When he falls off, he lands on Caillou. Both boys cry "Ow!", and Daniel finds it funny every time.