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Charlie is a kid with depths locked inside himself, but sometimes we get a glimpse. I didn't expect to find anything when I started downloading photographs of our trip to Pittsburgh. Boy was I surprised.

During the trip, we had a problem with Charlie, it began when he balked at doing anything other than swimming at the hotel. We dragged him to the Carnegie Museum and at the entrance he started, "The Charlie Dance."

This is where he digs his heels in and decides that he will make life miserable for us, until we give him what he wants.

He wanted my $400 camera.

I finally gave in and gave it to him and showed him, briefly, how to use it. I uttered a little prayer under my breath, that he would not destroy it. The things that I found on the SD card afterward were amazing.

I called him in and asked him to explain the photos and I have captioned them as he described them to me.

I love this kiddo.

Charlie skiing down Snowflake at Denton Hill, PA.

On Sunday Mommy and I went at Ski Denton. Mommy and I rode on the chairlift. It did blow snow in my face. It was cold. I was happy, but Mommy was scared.

Well, let me see. Ha Ha! I went Tubing. I did so good!!

I want to go back.

Christmas 2010

Charlie Skis.

Sorry, it's not Charlie writing today, but I will ask him to write soon, it's been hectic here. Today was Charlie's second time on skis. This time we came prepared with a ski harness, which looks like a toddler leash. It has crossed straps which go across his chest and reins in the back that his Dad held to keep him from going out of control.

At first Charlie went very slow and Chuck kept the reins very tight and close to him. Then, as Charlie made more runs on the bunny hill, Chuck was able to loosen the reins until Charlie was controlling his own speed by snowplowing.

I made a social story about skiing, which shows him that the snowplow maneuver looks like a large wedge of pizza and to go faster, your skis look like two french fries. He had fun. We went for an hour and then packed the kids up and went home. Hopefully we will go again on Thursday.

I never thought he would be able to ski.

The idea of him on the lift scares me to death though.