A Present

The summer clothes I ordered last week came in the mail today; they were discovered by Mike and Charlie as they came in the door. Charlie was beside himself with excitement. "A present!!" he shrieked as he came running in the door. "Mommy, you have a PRESENT!! I open it? I open it? I open it?" Then, after clawing the package open, "A pillow! You have a PILLOW!!"

"It's a dress," I corrected him.

"A DRESS!! A PRETTY DRESS!! MOMMY HAS A PRETTY DRESS!!!"

Just imagine if the package had actually been for *him*...