Robbie - Not Your Typical Doggett!

(Robbie's self portrait)

Most of the Doggett's strive for perfection in everything we do. Until now.

Meet Robbie Doggett. He is my 6 year old brother, and he is walking trouble! He is 100% hilarious and is proud of it! He wants nothing more out of life than to make people laugh! And he is good at it! However, it can present a problem too. We got his Kindergarten report card today. His dance teacher (yes - he has to take dance at his hoity-toity private school) wrote that he needs to learn how to respect teachers and keep himself under control. Apparently he led an uprising in the class. He has also been kicked out of pretty much every class at Waterford. Even his music teacher kicked him out, and he is a family friend. It's been a LONG time since any Doggett has ever gotten kicked out of a class, and this kid is only 6! Can you even imagine the grief he is going to give my parents!?!

But as much as I want him to calm down and behave, I don't want him to loose his confidence or change his quirky personality. Not too long ago, he told someone that he had pooped his pants. My dad told him that you don't have to tell people that, but he just looked up at him and said, "But dad, it makes them laugh!" He has no problem sharing the most embarrassing details as long as he can make someone laugh, and I love that about him! He has such a love for life and for people, now I just need to figure out how to channel that into being the class clown who has perfect citizenship...