On cheeks

During dinner, Eddie told Papa "You love me!"

"Yes," Papa agreed.

"And I have little cheeks!" Eddie continued.

"Huh?"

"My cheeks are little!"

Ozymandias

So Eddie is always asking me to tell him a story "about a human being." I have to really cudgel my brains to come up with something these days. So during dinner, when a story was demanded, I told him about Ozymandias, a king who had a huge statue of himself built, and wrote on the bottom "I am Ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" But then time went on, the desert overtook the land, the statue crumbled apart, yada yada, and just the pedestal was left.
Then when people saw it, they were like "What works? Pfft, Ozymandias was pretty silly."

Eddie didn't buy it. "Why were the words still there?" he asked.

"Just the pedestal was left", I said.

"If the whole statue crumbled away, why were the words still there?"

Well, that's a pretty good question, now that you mention it!

Eddie's pirate book

Eddie just wrote a pirate book.

"Eddie's Pirate Book." You can find all the letters if you look—it's like a treasure hunt!

Here we see lots of treasure, with a net to catch it. Pirate Eddie (with a skull and crossbones hat) and Pirate Papa will share the treasure.

Pirate Papa is in a boat on the waves, as Pirate Eddie stands by. On the right, up above, we see a chicken thinking about pecking. Then we have a man with thoughts in his brain. He is thinking about treasure.

Pronouncement

We were riding in the car, and Eddie had been quiet for some time. Suddenly he said "Pirates have green teeth!"

Um

Yesterday, Eddie got a goodie bag at his school's farewell picnic, including a ball, some stickers, a little notebook, and a pen. He's been having fun writing and drawing in the notebook. The teachers had a bag for Vincent too!

Today, Eddie was examining Vincent's bag, and noticed that it didn't include a pen. He asked why not.

"Pens are not for babies," I said.

"Why not?"

There seem to be many reasons, but I said "They're too sharp."

"Not if his big brother wants to kill him!" said Eddie.

Uh

No more Mr. Shy Guy

Eddie used to be pretty shy. Not anymore!

When we're at the playground, he will just sit down next to random grownups on benches and strike up a conversation. He'll ask them about any logos or words on their belongings. He'll be very collegial, perhaps put his hand on their shoulder.

The other day, we were at the playground, and he was talking to a grandmother in the sandbox. She had the temerity to look at her own family or something for a while, but Eddie wanted to discuss a basketball game some other kids were playing, so he tapped her on her shoulder to get her attention.

Then after Eddie has been talking to someone for a while, Vincent will usually wander up to say hello too. His preferred approach is to smile and point at their face.

Front page

Eddie is on the front page of the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge!

Alas, the poster child won't be there for this one.