The Lesson in Giving

Today, Charlie asked for a new toy. Again. In the past 12 days, he has received 3 new toys...one from each grandmother and one from his Aunt Carol...she's just a sucker.

So, in an effort to teach him a lesson about charity, we dragged his two big bins of toys out into the living room and separated them into "Keep" and "Give Away" piles. When we were through sorting all of the toys, the "Give Away" pile was much larger than I had expected, so I gave Lil Charlie a big hug and said, "some little boy who doesn't have many toys is going to be SO HAPPY to get your old toys."

Lil Charlie quickly stood up and corrected me and said, "Oh, no, Mama, I'm going to give half of my toys to my dad's Meme and the other half to your Meme (Grandmothers) because they don't have good toys at their houses."

That was his charity. He is totally and completely my husband's child. Thank God he has my good looks! :o)

Birthdays Only Come Once A Year

Lil Charlie asked me when his birthday will be again, so I started counting the months out loud and finally ended on August.

LIL CHARLIE: "August? WHAT? It's going to be in AUGUST??? AGAIN????

He's... a freakin' comedian...I can't get over it.

Broken Hands

In thinking that Charlie will one day find the love of his life and marry her, I feel it is my duty as a woman to raise a polite, respectable man. On our way to school this morning, I stood patiently at the door and asked him to "Please open the door for the lady."

His response: "What, are your hands broken?"

Really?

Beautiful Girls

Lil Charlie says to me in the car on the way home from school,

"Mom... I have 2 girlfriends..........and I really love them....... because they are SO beautiful."

Chicken Arms

Lil Charlie: "When I lick my arm, it tastes like chicken."

Mom to Dad: "There's my next Blurb Post."

Dad to Mom (as he whips out his crackberry), "Not if I post it first."

Crackhead!

Pretty Girls

Lil Charlie says, "I made a new friend today. She's a girl.........and she's preeetttttty. Really pretty."

Butt-Smackin'

Me: "(Lil') Charlie...What did I tell you about hitting people?"

Lil' Charlie: "I wasn't hitting you. I was high-fiving your butt."

Me: (Taking a deep breath) "................................"

(I got nothin')