Charlie- Cheese Lover

Charlie loves cheese. He always has. If I ask for his help making food, you can bet that cheese will be the main course, no matter which meal it is.

American cheese for breakfast.

Mozzarella for lunch.

Cheddar on tortillas for dinner.

Parmesan, cheese sticks, cheese puffs, cottage cheese...

One time, he even tried to wrap mozzarella sticks INSIDE American cheese slices for lunch.

The child has a problem.

Last night, for dinner, we had soup and pasta. Charlie didn't want the soup part and insisted on shaking his own Parmesan. Only, he opened the wrong side of the shaker.

 

At first, when Matt grabbed the container from him, I think he was a little embarrassed.

This is one of those moments, as a parent, where you have to think quickly. You have to guesstimate what will happen with whatever reaction you choose to respond with. 

If you overreact and get angry, how will the child react?

 If you laugh, what example will you be showing your other children? 

If you sit there and ask everyone to wait while you get your camera, what precedent are you setting? 

 

Lucky for us, Matt thinks as quick as lightning.
He decided to go with the "I'm disappointed that you weren't paying attention" face.

 

Unfortunately, that morphed rather quickly into stifled snorts of laughter at the hilarity of the situation.

Charlie, still unsure of how to act, is looking around the table at his more experienced siblings.

 
When Chatrles sees that Matt is laughing, he knows he's home free and does what God created him to do:

 EAT THE CHEESE!