Lawyer or Politician - Chase

I have decided in the last few days that Chase will probably grow up to be a Lawyer or a Politician. This is because he is completely full of crap, and will badger you until you crack. He is also good at making up new words and then trying to make you feel dumb for not knowing what they mean.

On Sunday, I told the boys they could have a pajama day! They were both super-excited. 'Jamas ALL day...AWESOME! Mid morning, I needed to run some errands. When I came home, Chase was in nothing but his diaper. I asked, "Chase, why are you naked?" He just looked at me like I had asked the most ridiculous question around. Then, I asked, "Where are your clothes?" To which, he pointed to the dirty clothes pile. "Why aren't you wearing them?" I asked. "Because, they're all dirty." I assumed he must have gotten food on them or something of the sort. "How did they get all dirty?" His response, "They're all muddy." "Really, how did they get all muddy?" "From when I was playing outside in the mud." (Sunday was a rainy day.) "They just got all muddy when I was out there." To which, I heard Kirk in the other room say, "Chase, what are you talking about????" Yes, he had been inside all day.

On Monday, when taking Quinn to school I told Chase that we needed to stop at the grocery store on our way home. The conversation went like this:

Chase: "But we can't go to the store mom."
Me: "Why not."
Chase: "Because, the policeman said we can't."
Me: "The policeman said? Why can't we?"
Chase: "Because the policeman said 'no'."
Me: "Why?"
Chase: "He said you will break it."
Me: "I will break the whole store?!?!"
Chase: "Yes, the policeman said, so we can't go!"

We went ahead and went straight home. I didn't want to have to argue with a policeman. And, I would have been quite embarrassed had I really broke the store!

Lastly, about a week ago I was at Walmart picking up some essentials. I was also getting some Goldfish (crackers). I noticed that the off brand (Whales) were quite a bit cheaper. So, I thought we would give them a try. There are some things the off brand is fine around here, and others I just can't stray from the original. That afternoon, I put some in a bowl for Chase. He came in the room I was in and exclaimed that he wanted something else to eat. I asked where the whales were and he said that he did not want the "boogalie whales." "Boogalie whales???", I asked. "Yes, the boogalie whales." "I don't know what that means. What is boogalie?" His response was quite matter of fact, and the look on his face was one of disbelief that I had no idea what he was talking about. "It means I don't like them!"

So, now you all know the newest word in the English language...Boogalie. In our house, the whales have officially been named "boogalie whales." As I am not letting the box go to waste, any time he wants some he simply asks, "mom, can I have some boogalie whales?"