The Curious Case of Carson Charles

Carson is going through a phase where everything is his "best friend". The other day, I had made some monkey bread. I gave him a plate full and then went off to do something. A couple hours later I find the plate on the couch and there is about five pieces left but they were all hard and inedible. I told him to throw them in the trash. He started crying and saying "no, their my best friend". I was a little confused. Ok, more like weirded out. I couldn't understand why my child was crying over bread. We're talking full out crying too, not that pretend stuff where they manage to squeeze out one little tear. The next object was a water bottle. After he was done with his lunch, I had tossed his water bottle in the trash. The boy freaked out and grabbed it and said that it was his best friend too. He actually sat it next to him on the couch. Today, a bowl of fruit loops has the high honor. So bizarre! I am raising one crazy child.

Yesterday a flyer for Toys R Us came in the mail and it was full of Thomas the Tank items. Carson was in heaven. Then last night when I was putting him to bed, he asked me if we could go to the toy store. I told him I didn't have any money, thinking that would be the end of it. He thinks for a minute, then says, well we can go to the bank and BUY some money. The inner thinkings of a four year old. Priceless.


Here is another thing I find curious. His hair. This is how it looks when he goes to bed at night.



Nice right? It's all smooth and flat.

This is what he wakes up looking like:


The boy must sleep rough is all I can think. I call it his Kate Gosselin look. You know the reverse mullet.

Here it is from the side in all its glory:




And no I did not dress him like that, that is his unique fashion sense. He's not afraid to mix his patterns. You may see him one day on an episode of "What Not To Wear"


*Update* He is now lining up the fruit loops, naming them and introducing them to his stuffed animals. Should I be worried??