Jo Cool Mama

Sammy is into the “Why?” phase of growing up.

Last weekend we went to visit my cousin who lives way out in Fernley, Nevada. In the car driving out there Sammy asked the obvious, “Why does Mary Jo live way out here?”

*I added the heck in the title for more pizazz!*

My cousin married a guy named, Charlie Green. Sam asked, “What’s your name?” and so Charlie replied, “Charlie Green.” Later Sam said thoughtfully, “Why is Charlie Green?”

Jack was goofing around with Charlie Green and pointed at him as if to say, “You’re not green!”

Charlie found this wild animal roaming their nine acre lot and was wondering if we knew what it was. “Have you ever seen one of these before?”  Then something really weird happened…

Alien dog from the dwarf planet Pluto landed and she wanted to know, “Why is Charlie Green when in fact I can see him with my doggie black and white vision and I clearly see that he is either white or gray. This is a puzzling mystery and I was sent here to find the answer.” My cousin loved the alien dog so much she decided to keep her – never telling the truth behind Charlie Green’s name… (OK – so I know I’m a dork.)

Obbie Goobie – sleepy little fella… He didn’t sleep well the night before. Then we left the house early to get some shopping done, and head out to my cousin’s place. He’d only taken about thrity minutes worth of nap all day! The tiny little itty bitty was pooped! As he zoned out in the car you can see the question still lingering on his little mind, “Why is Charlie Green?”