Just a few little Charles vignettes.
Charles has an interesting relationship with dirt. This evening he had a chocolate chip cookie (provided by Grandma – Charles says “thanks!”). He of course ended up with cookie bits smeared all over his hand and mouth. As a result Charles came to me in some distress because he had a big smear of chocolate across his hand. We went off to wash which made him happy. Unable to tolerate that, I decided to wash the cookie off his face as well which made him howl. That cookie residue was just fine where it was.
On a related topic, Charles doesn’t understand why he can’t have dirt inside the house. He’s taken to playing with some Tonka trucks, hauling dirt and doing landscaping. He picks up Mom’s discarded plants (if Mom doesn’t have a use for it, it’s gone) and puts them in the scoop of his front-loader to be hauled off for disposal. He moves dirt as well and he gets very upset when the parents won’t let him continue playing with his pile of dirt in the house. It’s hard to disappoint the little tyke but Mom’s a pretty strict house keeper.
I took Charles up to change his diaper.
Dad: You need a new diaper, Charles.
Charles: Why?
Dad: You made poop. [lays Charles on the changing table]
Dad: Daddy will take the poop away and make you all clean.
Charles: Bye bye poop! [makes little hand clench ‘goodbye’ motions]