The Sales Pitch

The other night, I had Lil Charlie in the big bathtub in my bedroom and I was walking in and out doing chores and putting clothes away. Every 2 minutes, he would yell out a demand like, "Mama - bring me ______!!!" or, "Mama - Come wash my hair!!!!" or, "Mama - Bring me a towel!!!"

I finally addressed his tone of voice and rude way of "asking" for things by saying, "Can you please re-phrase that demand into a question and somehow work the word 'please' into the question?"

So he did. "Mama, can you PLEASE get me a towel."

So, sarcastically, I exaggerated, "Of COURSE I will, honey...HERE you go. THANK YOU for saying PLEASE!!!"

He stared at me for a minute, obviously planning his next move. I squinted my eyes, knowing that I was going to get my next blog post out of this one...and sure enough, he says, in the sweetest, most respectful tone I've ever heard from him, "Mama?"

"Yes, Charlie?"

"May I PLEASE have that $20 dollar bill that's sticking out of your pocket?"

BAHAHAHAHahahahaha! I laughed out loud...literally... gotta give him credit.

The Moo-Stash is BBAAAaaaaacckk

So I get a text from Lil Charlie's Pre-K teacher and of course my first thought is "WHAT's he done now?"

I open the text message and there's a photo and a message that says, "Return of the mustashe...so we were practicing onstage and the next thing we know, he whips this out of his pocket!!!!! LOL"

What a HAM! I love this kid.

"Moo-STA-she-o" is his character name.

He has had this gum-ball prize for 3 months now and keeps making me re-apply tape so that it sticks. He transforms into little man when he wears it...falls right into character.

Lil Charlie lost his first tooth

May 7th, 2010
Dade City Drive-In
Iron-Man 2
With Mama, Daddy, Sissy, Julie Wayne, Daniel, David, Jenna, Torey and Drew

Eating Nachos.

Wedding is Back On

I am happy to announce that Lil' Charlie's Pre-K Engagement to Jessica is back on. She kissed him 4 times today and told her teachers, "Um, excuse me. You know what? I LOVE Charlie. I'm going to marry him."

Stand by for updates of all of the juicy details.

Knock-Knock.......Who's There?.......Joe.......Joe Who?..........Joe Mama...Bahaahahahahaha

Two days after listening to his Sissy and Daddy have a 30 minute long "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs...." joke-fest, we're in the car driving around town and he decides to try out his own version of the joke. Here's how it went down:

Lil Charlie: "Hey Mama..."
Mama: "Yes Charlie?"
Lil Charlie: "What do you call a guy with no legs who is floating in the pool?"
Mama: (thinking to myself, should I correct it, or just let it go???), "What?" (Giving him the opportunity to correct himself...)
Lil Charlie: "What do you call a guy with no legs who is floating in the pool?"
Mama: "Don't you mean 'a guy with no arms and no legs?'"
Lil Charlie: "No, I said a guy with no legs."
Mama: "Ok...sorry - go ahead"
Lil Charlie: "What do you call a guy with no legs who is floating in the pool?"
Mama: "I don't know...what?"
Lil Charlie: "Bob"
Mama: "I thought it was a guy with no arms AND no legs."
Lil Charlie: "No, Mama. This is 'Bob' from Monsters and Aliens. He has arms.....just no legs."
Mama: I busted out laughing. Not because I felt bad for him, but because I knew that he had spent 2 days thinking that one up, and it was pretty good.

Baseball vs. Theater Classes .... Mom made a bad choice.

By the way - There was never a ball withing 30 feet of him.

If he was looking up, it was just into the night sky.
If he was looking to the left, it was just at his coach.
If he had a glove on his head, he was just being "Charlie."