Just talking

Matt (pointing to vegetable on Isaiah's tray): That's squash

Isaiah smashes with his palm

Matt: Do you understand visual puns?

Isaiah: OK.

And this note: Earlier I was on the floor with Bernadette on my chest and Isaiah driving a toy tractor on top of both of us.

Isaiah, discussing his sister, who happens to be wailing at that point: She knows how to cry.

Word nerds

Picked up some bread at the farmers' market on Thursday which led to a conversation with Marian on Saturday morning.

Marian: "What is spelt?"

Matt: "I think it's a kind of wheat. Yeah it's a kind of wheat."

Matt (doubting own expertise for only a moment): "I'll look it up on the internet."

Matt: Blah, blah, blah ... "used in breads and pastas like wheat ... less inbred than its wheat cousins ... "

Matt (a few minutes later): "Also a favored food before spelling bees."

A bad pun, no matter how you slice it

Matt's favored food after shopping at the farmers' market

As suspected, the ramshackle taco huts downtown Yonkers serve awesome beef and carnitas tacos.