King of the Castle

Benjamin has a little friend visiting for the day while his parents make a day trip to the big city to pick up some building supplies. These two little boys are very similar in temperament - easy going - and have played beautifully together for the last 7 hours.
Wow.
However, I have found it quite amusing to listen to them converse. They seem to be both at the same stage of speech: they express themselves in whole sentences and ask many questions. However, their speech is a sort of dialect at this point - easily understood by their parents, siblings and other aficionados of pre-schooler talk. Consequently, they are speaking a lot to each other but neither seems to completely understand what the other is saying.
Example:
Boy no.1: "Where's my banket?"
Boy no.2: "What?"
Boy no.1: "Where's my banket?"
Boy no2: "What?"
This goes on until one of the boys is thoroughly frustrated by the 'ineptitude' of the other or until I step in as a live-action translator. Very cute and somewhat fulfilling.
And ... that's all except for some pictures of Joseph at a birthday party at the park. Also very cute and somewhat fulfilling.
The above picture is particularly poignant in light of Joseph's potential latex allergy. Ahh, the forbidden fruit.