Out of the mouths of little boys

I have no idea why, but every time I walk outside with a plastic Superstore bag in my hand and head to the shed to grab The Shovel and The Spade, Declan's face lights up like it's Christmas morning and announces with more glee than I'll ever be able to muster, "Poop!"

I do my best to clean up after the dogs at least twice a week.  Dex always accompanies me, assuming it gets done before his bedtime.

(You're hitting an all-new low with this post, Simon.)

(Yeah, I know.)

Try to imagine the following scene being acted out about a dozen times in rapid succession:

Declan, suffused with preternatural glee: "Poop!"

Simon, smiling wryly: "That's right, Dex.  Time to clean up the dogs' poop."

Declan, brow furrowed and finger raised to mouth in thought: "Hmmm.  Poop... whey ah you?"

Declan follows the unerring line of the shovel.  "Ah!  Dey it is!  Poop!"

Simon performs his patented Fecal-Flick onto the shovel with a well-practised motion.  "There's the poop, Dex.  Stinky."

Declan waves his hand furiously in front of his face.  "Ew.  Pee-yooo.  Poop.  Ging-kee!"

Simon dumps the dogs' detritus into the bag.

Declan waves and laments: "Buh-bye!  Bye poop!"

REPEAT...

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Probably the most well known clothing brand in Canada is Roots.  (And I mean to imply nothing by the scatalogical prologue, by the by.)  Having gained more renown, ironically, because they recently supplied the US Olympic team with their duds.

Their logo is an industrious beaver - Canada's national animal - along with the company name and year of incorporation.

Some variation of it is on pretty much every article of clothing they sell.  Amy and I each have a pair of sweat pants from Roots with the logo displayed prominently on the front, upper left thigh.

You can imagine my wife's consternation when her toddler pointed quite forcefully at hers and announced, "Beavoo!"

Comments

[Paul]

Her consternation? I can well imagine your delight.

[Mark]

Roots: Educating children since 1973.

[rick]

After all the brouhaha surrounding the vivid polarising orange of your previous month's layout, I'm surprised that no one has said anything about this restful, soothing blue phase. A baby blue. I like the Blue Period.

And a classic Dex photo. Very DC Comix superhero-ish.

But I'm going to stay aloof from the beavoo thread, I think.

[marian]

It's a sort of violet-blue, compared to the last blue, is it not? Very nice. So do you pose Dex with the playdoh and glasses and stuff?

Did Roots do the uniforms for the U.S. winter Olympic team? Those were really nice! I was shocked to see the U.S. looking more stylish than many of the others, if not all of the others, in tasteful, well-designed clothing not shrieking of red, white and blue.

Certainly WAY better than the Italian aluminum-foil puffballs.

[Simon]

Mr. Spackle:

I grew quickly tired of the "Eye-gouging red" and wanted something that didn't distract from actual content. The blue's here for the long haul.

Mrs. Spackle:

None of the photos featuring The Boys are contrived; always just moments captured in the moment, as it were. (Can't quite say the same about the videos, though.) And I think yes, it was the US Winter Team accoutred by Roots. If memory serves; never a reliable font.