Spring is here and not a moment too soon. After a winter spent trapped in the house bdue to frigid temperatures and endless mounds of dirty snow that strollers could not traverse, Clara and I were extremely stir crazy.
So now we get to spend hours in Fort Tryon Park exploring and of course, talking.
Clara is fascinated by the family of groundhogs that live in the park. And they are very cute. Whenever we go into the park she starts walking around on various lawns calling out: "Hog...hog, where are you?" When she spots one she shrieks in delight which has the added effect of making the wild animal she should not approach scamper into the bracken.
The other day we were walking to the playground. With no groundhogs in sight, Clara focused on the plentiful dogs being walked by their owners.
CLARA: (points out a dog) Dog. (pause) Woof Woof. (pause...chuckles heartily to herself, then turns to look at me.) It's funny.
Clearly, Clara was trying out her comedy chops. Possibly because her joke didn't get the proper response from me, she tried it out again, verbatim, when the next dog came her way. This time I laughed with her.
It's funny.
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