When Charlie started school, I just knew he'd provide me with plenty of material to blog about. Which is good, because we do have our dry spells when he's not doing anything particularly diabetish.

A good journalist goes out and gets the story even when there seemingly isn't one.

"Come on, Charlie, I've got a story to write! Do a little something diabetic for daddy for heaven's sake! Anything!"

"OK, here's the scene: You're blood sugar is pretty high. You're super mad at the world and you don't know why. Maybe you'd like to destroy something of emotional and monetary value? Mommy's English bone china tea cups perhaps? What? Did you hear that? I think the green cup just said you wear pink underpants."

"Ooh, how about this: You're feeling really low. Really low and silly. So silly that you run outside wearing only your brother's diaper , on your head and Wonder Bread bags for leggings. Wait, wait , and you run around on all fours in the yard, gathering acorns and pretending to be a squirrel."

Sigh. I wish.

Instead, Charlie made headlines today by getting into trouble at school today for the first time. Now I'll be the first to admit that Charlie is a typical mischievous boy and he doesn't always play nicely with his brother and sister. However, he plays extremely well with other kids and since school started, he's been a model of good behavior. This being his first school experience, he's been particularly keen on following the rules and listening to direction.

So, we were pretty shocked to learn that Charlie vandalized a classmate's self-portrait by turning him into a girl, complete with hair extensions, earrings and other modern accessories.

This happened at the end of the school day, just before Susanne arrived to pick him up. The teacher told Susanne what happened. When Susanne asked Charlie why he did it, he said he felt low. He also said he felt tired and confused when he did it. For Charlie, that's a lot of detail. He has never before described a feeling of confusion. Susanne tested him and sure enough he was 66.

Could it have been the low? I don't know. Could he be playing us? Maybe. The kid is a mastermind of manipulation. Obviously Susanne didn't come down too hard on him, but it definitely makes us wonder at what point we hold him accountable.

Charlie felt terrible about what he did and apologized to the boy "a million times." Charlie was very upset about what he did and doesn't even think I know about it. He didn't want Susanne telling me because he didn't want to disappoint me.

Oh, and to Charlie's credit, his classmate does bear an uncanny resemblance to a young Molly Ringwald.