Meet Freddie Joe:
Freddie Joe was a birthday gift given to a Certain Two-year-old by his Beloved seventeen-year-old Uncle. Freddie Joe was thus named upon the opening of the box containing him, when the Beloved Uncle said, “Hey, look, it’s Freddie Joe!” And since everything the Beloved Uncle says is gospel truth in the life of the two-year-old, the little plastic fellow was promptly christened “Freddie Joe.”
(Although in the common dialect, it’s pronounced more like “Funny Doe.”)
This occurrence might also provide some insight into the reason the two-year-old’s vocabulary also includes phrases such as, “Sweet Dude!” And, “Peace out, homie.”
Thank you, Beloved Uncle. We shall be eternally grateful.
Today Freddie Joe was taken to visit to King Merritt Will.
(Although in the common dialect, it’s pronounced more like “Mer-nitt Wee-oh.”)
The resident photo-journalist tagged along, as well. Actually, she was folding laundry as Freddie Joe was unfolding his adventures, and as any good photo-journalist would do, she grabbed her camera to catch the action as it happened.
King Mer-nitt Wee-oh gave his orders. “Go now, and find many sights as of yet unseen, Freddie Joe!”
(Which, in the common dialect, sounds a little more like, “Mm, gmm, aaaaaah, agh, eeee, oooh.”)
So Freddie Joe (“Funny Doe”) backed his fancy-schmancy car out of King Mer-nitt Wee-oh’s court and headed off.
He was ready to see the world and find the sights unseen! He quickly zoomed over the patches of colored earth, with his driver all the while crying, “FffffUNNY Doe!! FfffUNNY Doe!”
Freddie Joe began to slip down the side of the hill. Oh no, Funny Doe!!
Down, down, down, d-o-o-o-w-w-w-n-n went Freddie Joe.
And our poor hero, Freddie Joe (“Funny Doe”), landed in a cave and met his untimely demise at the hands of the Great Grey Gracie-cat.
THE END
Oh, wait–hold that–this isn’t the end…
Because once the story of Freddie Joe came to an end, the photo-journalist (aka, Mama) said to Freddie Joe’s driver (aka, Troy), “Okay, let’s come clean up the legos…”
The response: “Okay, A’leigh. Okay, A’leigh!”
AHEM.
You may be two. You may be a big boy now. You may even be the driver of the famed Freddie Joe.
But that’s Mama to you, Buster.
Ginger says:
LOL…Quite adorable I say!! My three almost four year old nephew is the same way with our younger brother Aaron who is 16.
Once upon a time he would much rather be in the arms of me or my younger sister Carole his wonderful aunts. lol…but now it’s Uncle Aaron is going to play with me girls go watch TV.lol
Ginger~
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April 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Darcy says:
I love it!!! That’s so funny!
I can’t believe how much Merritt looks like you through the eyes. For some reason, these pics of him sitting on your bed just show his face off so well.
Such cuties, how do you feel about arranged marriages??? To older women??? I have a 3 1/2 year old. :)
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April 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Chantel says:
oooh, this made me grin. :D What little people come up with…. :-P
I use to have a certain version- “old style”, perhaps, of “Freddie Joe”. Of course, we had twins, and one was named Beeto Cheeto and one was Cheeto Beeto. Except we had a hard time remembering if Beeto had a RED hat or Cheeto did, or if it was Beeto with blue and Cheeto With Red. They too had many wonderful adventures in the mud and traveled far and wide in their wooden canoes. Beeto (or was it Cheeto?) died in a mudslide and was never recovered, back in Alaska. Cheeto lives on in a box in the basement… or he did last I looked.
And… I just realized I haven’t seen pictures of Merritt for so long, and he is an Adorable little man, just much too cute! Troy is as cute as ever too–just gettin’ so big, I can hardly believe it. :) Mom and I have melted. ;)
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
coljefferson says:
Hahaha!!! You have, once again, brought a smile to my face, A’leigh. ;-) Hahaha!
Hope you’re doing well! I miss you around LJ, but am glad that you update this blog. :-)
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Rebekah says:
How cute! They are getting so big!
The “name calling” is so familiar. Although of late, I’ve become “Mrs. Snyder” which he supposedly says on accident. (He’s also told me that sometimes he calls her “mommy”) :-) But through it all, he knows who his mamma is, no matter how much he may goof around.
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Megan says:
that is too cute!!
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Mike Golch says:
Guess I was too young or was it just that it was not around when I was young.
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Grafted Branch@Restoring the Years says:
Aaaaahhhhh! I can’t believe how much that baby looks like you, Ashleigh! I’ve only ever seen you both in pictures, but still…
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Elizabeth in Alaska says:
You need to post more pictures of Merritt, I hardly recognized him! He looks so different from Troy. :)
I remember my sisters and I all tried “Debbie” out on my mom a few times… it is so funny when little ones realize you have a name other than “mama”.
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April 8th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Leah says:
Aw, your little men are SO cute. ;)
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April 8th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Mishel says:
I’m laughing so hard, I’m nearly crying! As soon as I saw the first picture of Freddie Joe, I was laughing.
My grandsons are SO cute, if I do say so myself! : )
Love you and thanks for the good laugh. (And it’s good to know that all those different writing programs you used while doing school really worked! LOL)
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April 8th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Susan says:
Wonderful adventure, although a bit sad for Freddie Joe! ;) My son and the Beloved Uncle would have a blast together. When he said, “Look! It’s Freddie Joe!” I wondered how my boy had gotten into your story! LOL He is always, always coming up with stories and names, and little guys about Troy’s age think he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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April 8th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Becky K. says:
That was Great!
Becky K.
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April 9th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Steve n Vickie says:
Don’t you just love it when little girls, or in your case little boys, suddenly discover you have a name. It surprizes you everytime. I always have a hard time not laughing.
Hugs and kisses for my nephews.
Stacie says “hi” to Troy and Merrit.
Vickie
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April 9th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Natalie Jackson says:
Very cute.
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Julie Fink says:
The baby is getting so big and so beautiful just like his brother (and his mama!).
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April 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Tiffany says:
He is suck a cutie!! I seriously think you should once a month have a class on how to tell great stories! I would defiantly pay to learn how to tell stories as wonderful as you do!!! Or maybe we could just do a one on one class!!! :)
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April 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Nicole says:
Where do you come up with this stuff, Ash?? :D I was laughing so hard!
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April 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Heather says:
Your boys are both so ADORABLE…and that little Merritt has grown so much. How sweet!
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April 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Sara says:
that’s a classic memory to keep forever!
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April 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm