i usually keep an eye on my kids...

 found this on our gross retro countertop

after chris, will and i finished a (maybe) 3 minute house project.

me:  "Charlie, where is all the gum?"

C:  "mom, da dum dough in my mouf!!!"

mer-man

our little mermaid-man.

truth is he's way better than his big bro.

and he loves it.

he asks to "dough swimmin' 'day" every single morning.

he's also almost dying at the end of this video from inhaling h2o.

he was a bit frustrated and scared

and pouted and wouldn't listen to the teacher for the next 15 min.

but after 2 timeouts

and his lack of long term memory kicking in

he rallied and finished class with a big cheesy charlie grin. 

update.

well, the jeans in timeout worked like a charm.

the dude was a gem all weekend.

chris was out of town and the boys and i actually

had a really fun, no tantrum weekend together!

shocking.

and he was so excited to wear the jeans to school tomorrow

he's wore them to bed :)