THE ADVENTURES OF JJ PICKLETOES

THE MARSHMALLOW EXPERIMENT and OTHER STORIES.  . Have you heard of the marshmallow experiment?  It was an experiment in the 1960s and 1970s to test preschool children about instant gratification.  It has largely been debunked now with other factors that weren’t considered back then.  My parents did a similar thing…

  When you do a job, do you make a plan?  . The What?  The When?  The Where?  The How?  Do you think about how much material you will need?  . It is all part of the plan.  . I like to know if I have what I need to finish the job.  . Whether you are…

Family Vacation.  Where do you like to go for your family vacation?  Do you like to fly or do you like to drive?  I like both, but I have never been on an airplane, so my favourite so far is a road trip.  When you are on a road trip,   you can sleep like Joseph does…

  Is it always better?  . You would hope so.  . I am not sure that everything has improved.  . It used to be, that before you made a phone call you had to look up the person’s phone number,  in the phone book.  .  Then you would dial it.  .…

  Have you ever been there?  . Not many people have been there.  . Are you thinking about the Eiffel Tour?  . The Louvre?  . Big Ben?  . Neuschwanstein Castle?  . It isn’t one of those places.  . This week my friends and I, along with our Moms went to a famous place right here in Manitoba.  . The Blumenort Splash…

Have you ever had one of those weeks?  . One of those weeks when everything seems to happen at once.  . It was like that for me.  . There was a lot happening this week.  . I had to help my Dad replace a sand filter on a pool.  He usually can do this job by himself…

. It was the 146th annual Carman fair this year.  It was my Grandma’s 40th high school reunion.  This is my 100th episode of The Adventures of JJ Pickletoes.  . I hadn’t been to the Carman Fair before this year, and I still haven’t been to the fair.   I didn’t go to my Grandma’s 40th high school reunion.  I did go to the 146th annual Carman Fair Parade.  I am writing…

  Sloths.  Have you ever seen a sloth?  . I saw a couple the other day at the zoo.  We were on our annual trip to the zoo.  It was JoJo’s first trip to the zoo.  . I have been here so many times that the Sloths recognized me.  .…

It looked like a big job.  . All jobs look big to Joseph and I.  . It looked like Dad needed us.  . He was trying to do a job for Grandma and Grandpa with the parts that Grandpa had in his bin.  . The bin Grandpa had on the…

I got it. . I got it from my cousin.  . He didn’t think that he could pass it on,   but he did.  . I didn’t think that I would get it so soon,  I can hardly talk yet.  . I know adults that have had it and have had it bad.  . You know the disease. …