Stitch Tales

Stitch is turning out to be quite a character. Some funny stories from the last few days:

Getting His Prorities Straight
Usually when he wakes, we get him out of bed and take him to get a bottle in the kitchen. Yesterday, we put him on the floor, and he made a beeline for the bathroom. We found him standing in front of the sink holding his toothbrush with his toothpaste tube in his mouth!

Avoiding Chores Already
Last night, we were playing in their room before bedtime and I said "Clean up time! (Stitch) Cleanup Time!" and started signing the clean up song. Stitch was standing in the middle of the room, admist a bunch of clothes, books, and toys. When he heard me say "clean up", he looked up at me with a sheepish look and then glanced at the door. He then turned around and made a beeline for the door, climbing over or around toys bigger then him, and then proceeded to exit the room and run down the hall!

The Case of the Missing Shoe
Stitch keeps losing his new shoes. Today, he dropped one at church, so I just put it in my pocket. About 20 minutes later, someone pointed out that he was missing a shoe. I turned to him and said "(Stitch), where's your shoe??" He looked up at me, rolled his eyes up to the left as if he was thinking, and then pointed back towards where he dropped the shoe and said "ENH!"

World Hot Dog Eating Champion
Stitch is quite a porker. (I'm thinking of changing his name to another Lilo and Stitch character, Pudge). During dinner tonight, Stitch ate an entire hotdog by himself. At one point in time, he stuffed about 1/5 of the hot dug and bun in his mouth. Anyway, the people eating with us told me about the Hot Dog eating contest they have every year. Apparently, up until recently, the record was 25 hot dogs in 15 minutes. Usually this feat is accomplished by large burly men with big mouths who stuff the dogs in their face. However, the record was recently beaten by a little, tiny Japanese man. He came to the US contest recently, and during the championship started stuffing his face. He was going so fast that the big burly guys sitting next to him noticed his pace out of the corner of their eyes. They started slowing down and focusing their attention on him. Eventually, they just gave up because they knew they couldn't keep pace with this little Japanese man. In the end, the guy ate 51 hot dogs in 15 minutes, more then double the previous record! Give Stitch a few years, and he'll be there!

- Bubbles