everything begins with a butt

Back in December, when I went to the bookstore,

I found a kid's drawing book with the above title.

Or maybe that was the subtitle, because I can't seem to find a book by that name now...

The theory is - you can draw all sorts of pictures,

but they all begin with a butt.

I didn't buy the book, but I thought Jeremiah would really get a kick out of it if I had.

One recent Saturday

he drew a stick person with a huge butt in the dirt on the back of the Excursion window.

We forgot to wash the window.

He rode home in Tyler's car with me that day (we take 2 vehicles to church)

and when we were close enough to the Excursion that he could see his artwork,

he just laughed and laughed.

So Thursday, when I was grocery shopping and found this jicama, I had to bring it home with me,

knowing the joy it would bring to my son.

I left it on the dryer (jicamas keep best at room temperature 'til you cut into them) and waited.

The next day I was rinsing out my coffee cup, getting ready to fix my afternoon cup-o-joe, 

when I saw him pick up the jicama out of the corner of my eye.

I heard his huge belly laugh a second later.

Dinner tonight - taco salad,

will begin

with

a butt.

A big ol' jicama butt.

(Amazon always shows my browsing history (which isn't very convenient when gift shopping)

the last book I looked at, before searching for butt books, was Holiness for Mothers.

I just found that kinda funny ;-)