LETTUCE CELEBRATE 

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Joseph turned 3 months old this week. 

My parents thought we should celebrate. 

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Some people would have said,  

“We should celebrate.” 

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Some people would have said, 

“Let’s celebrate.” 

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Not my parents. 

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They said. 

“Let Us Celebrate.” 

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That is quite formal, it must be because of my English heritage. 

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That isn’t what they said. 

They said,” LETTUCE CELEBRATE.” 

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I think it is part of their long-term plan. 

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A plan to associate vegetables with celebrations and parties. 

“Joseph, Jeffrey, would you like ice cream for the party,  

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Carrots and cucumbers?” 

“Carrots and cucumbers, please Mom.” 

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What a likely story. 

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Where, I like having vegetables is, at a picnic. 

A picnic in the park, a picnic by the pool. 

Or, 

A picnic by the pool on the deck. 

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With the gate locked, of course. 

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Do you remember my incident with the deck stairs? 

That is why the gate is locked now. 

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Do you remember your parents saying, 

 “I hope he will walk soon, I wonder when she will start to walk? 

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Be careful of what you wish for. 

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Joseph doesn’t walk yet, he is almost rolling over. 

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It is a different story for me. 

I counted my steps the other day. 

 
I took a million billion steps. 

If you are reading this and haven’t learned to count yet, 

a million billion steps are a lot of steps. 

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Most of those steps are in circles. 

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Adults don’t know that you don’t need to walk in a straight line to get somewhere. 

You can walk in circles and circles and circles and still get to the same place. 

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That’s how us kids get from place to place. 

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How do you get from place to place? 

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Do walk in a straight line? 

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Let me know in the comments. 

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