Tonight, we read another chapter from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." After chapter 1, we recapped the tale as we sat at the kitchen table. Cookie remembered all of it -- even Marley's warning that three more ghosts would come visit.

Suspense not being critical to the storyline, we told them what to expect in the coming chapters:

"Scrooge is going to see the Ghost of Christmas Past, then the Ghost of Christmas Present, and then..."

At this point, Mojo interrupted:

"The Ghost of Christmas Butt!"

And he stood on his chair and wiggled his little ass at us.

I don't teach him this stuff. He gets it from Alane.