First Dad Joke reaction: Great success!

Driving in the car yesterday, the 18 month old started fussing and tugging at her car seat straps and shouting "Buckah! Buckah!", which is toddlish for "Buckled! I'm being restrained against my will! The injustice! A plague on all your houses!"

So I redirected into a conversation about being buckled, and how important it is to be safely buckled in the car. And she started asking about if everyone else is buckled? Yes, Daddy's buckled. Mommy's buckled. Grandma and Grandpa, yes, when they get in the car, they're buckled. Uncle Willy is buckled. Yes cousin Charlie is buckled. Yes your day care buddy David is buckled. Oy.

So I said, "Hey kid! If we had a chicken in the car, you know what they'd be? Buck buck buckled!"

My little 18 month old daughter yelled, "DADDY!!!"

...And for the rest of the ride home was saying "Buck buck buck buckle buck buckle buck buck buck...Silly daddy... Buck buck...".