Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Language Of Love

Charlie's birthday is this week - well, we decided it is, anyway!  We adopted him on July 14 when he was about 16 months old, so Mom and Dad and I pinned a star on the calendar for March 14 and declared it Charlie's birthday.  It's Pie Day, too, so we're going to make him a special dog-friendly version of Shepherd's Pie (alongside the normal one that we'll have on the same night, of course).  I'm super excited to share both recipes with you on Thursday!

Every few days I tweet about having been caught by a neighbor while on a walk with Charlie saying absurd things.  Here are some of the regulars:

This looks like the best bush for a pee!

No, Charlie, you're not a cow. No! How many stomachs do you have? One. So stop eating the grass!

Charlie, that's a rock.  That's not a rabbit.  Calm down.

Do you have a poop in you?

You don't even want to know what I say to Charlie when we're in the house.  I mean, I told you about some of the singing; sometimes we have actual conversations together.  Well, I have the conversation, anyway.  For instance, when I'm making a meal and he looks up at me with those eyes that say "Please, gentle lady, I have never ever eaten before in my whole life and I'm too sweet to die of starvation so please would you share a morsel with me in the name of Christian charity?" I tell him, in the words of Paul, "Love is patient, love is kind."  And then I give him some food.  I'm actually kind of concerned that he thinks I'm totally weird.  But that's what happens when you have a little one in the family!  Speaking of, have you seen these graphics that Nathan Ripperger created to illustrate the ridiculous things he says to his children?  They're too funny - and they hit too close to home!