CUTE SHELB STORIES

One evening we had reservations for a luau down by the pool. We read the hotel’s directions that said we were to check in at the bar. Shelby looked over at Chelsea and said, “All right, Chelsea! We get to go into the bar!” I looked down at him and said, ”What would you do if you went inside?” He answered, “I’d order me a pina colada with rocks on top and no salt!” I have a feeling he meant a margarita on the rocks with no salt, but who knows, it might be a good tasting drink!

  When I went to pick up Shelby from school that day, his teacher, Mrs. Rivera, said, “Shelby sure does like Mexican food! He know just what to order.”
  I instantly became a little suspicious and asked what he did actually order. She said, “ He ordered a burrito and to drink he wanted a frozen strawberry daiquiri made by virgins!”  

When he was three years old, we were at a hotel in Florida and he told me that he wanted to be a bellman when he grew up. I asked him why, and he said, “So I can always push the buttons on the elevator” 

One day we were driving somewhere and Shelby from the backseat said, “Dad, when are we going to be there?  Narvel said, In just a little while. How come?”  Shelby replied, “Cause, Dad, I’m getting bull sick!” I have no idea why he called “car sick” “bull sick”! For a time he called it “barn sick.”

After fifteen minutes of visiting and going over Shelby’s strong and weak points in his classes, one of his teachers told me that Shelby one day called her “LIttle Missy”!  She said, I’ve never been called that before!”  One of Shelby’s papers in language arts class made it to the school newspaper.  In our parent-teacher meeting, Shelby’s “Little Missy” teacher found out from me that the story wasn’t true, that Shelby had made the whole story up. Basing it on an event in the life of his older brother, Brandon.  She was totally shocked.  All the other teachers started laughing.  She looked at them, puzzled, and they told her they all knew it wasn’t true.  Shelby had told them not to tell “Little Missy.”

I called home to ask Shelby how his first day of school went. He said, “Mama, Bobby told everyone in school today that I’m in love with Lynette!  I asked him what Lynette said about it, and he told me she said, “Well, did you have to tell everyone in school?”  He told his dad that he liked Lynette because last year she had hit him on the playground and she was tough.

I looked over my shoulder at Shelby and jokingly said to Kimmie, “Don’t tell Brandon.”  Well, this really upset Shelby. Brandon will never find another person in the world who would take up for him like Shelby.  He quickly said, “I’m gonna tell Brandon!”  I said, “No, you’re not.”  He said, "Mom, we’ve been so nice to those steers and if we kill one of them they’ll think we hate them!”  I said, “Shelby, it’ll be okay. Look at it this way, we’ll be able to have steaks, hamburger meat, roasts, and T-bones for supper! It’ll be great!” He thought about it a moment and said, “Can't we just eat out?"

Shelby, Brandon, and Kimmie were over near the barn, looking at the hay that had just been cut and would soon be put into bales. Brandon was driving the Gator, which is like a small tractor, through the pasture, getting out, and kicking the cut grass around, when Shelby said, “Brandon, this is not good.”  Brandon said, “What do you mean, Shelby?” Shelby replied, “You’re not doing the hay any good.”  “Why?” asked Brandon. Shelby said, “Brandon, you don’t have any idea where those tires have been!”

When Narvel and I were off on a business trip, we called home one afternoon. Shelby got on the phone and wasn’t very happy. Narvel said, “Shelby, what’s wrong?” Shelby went on to tell his dad how the older kids were bossing him around and being mean to him. Narvel asked what he could do to make it better. Shelby said, “I don’t know, Dad. I just wish I had a better family.”

While we were in Hawaii, Shelby, Shawna, Harley, Chelsea, Melissa, Brandon’s fiancée, Brandon, and Chassidy were all down at the pool, swimming. Harley was saying how he was a little homesick and was ready to get back home and see his daddy and brother.  Shelby said he missed Bandit, his dog, really bad too. Melissa said, I didn’t know you had a dog,” joking with Shelby. Shelby defending himself said rather loudly, “Yes, I do! I have a dog! And I have crabs too!”

Brandon found out that Shelby was waking up on his own before the alarm went off and lying in bed watching TV. So he told Shelby that when he woke up, go ahead and get dressed. That would save time and Brandon wouldn’t have to oversee Shelby getting dressed.  So one night Brandon woke up and had to go to the bathroom. He went through Shelby’s bedroom because it was on the way and because he saw that Shelby’s light was on. When he walked into Shelby’s bedroom, he saw Shelby lying at the foot of his bed fully clothed and sound asleep. 

 Brandon looked over at the clock; it was 4:05! Does that kid mind or what?!  Brandon woke Shelby up and got him back in bed.  Later that morning he asked Shelby why he as lying at the foot of his bed with all his clothes on.  Shelby said, “Well, I woke up and thought it was time to go to school, so I got dressed. I fell asleep waiting on you to come get me!”

That reminds me of another time when Shelby came home with his T-ball trophy. He’d played T-ball that past summer and had a great time with all the other kids his age. Everyone who had played received a gold trophy. We were having a small dinner party that night, and Shelby stated that he’d put the trophy right in the center of the table, so everyone could see it. He was sharing his prized possession with us. I was telling Shelley Browning, who runs Starstruck Films for me and who is the mother of five children, this story. She thought it was so sweet that Shelby was showing my friends that he too could win a trophy, just like mom. So the next day I walked Shelby downstairs to where I keep the trophies that I have won and said, “Shelby, this isn’t my trophy case, it belongs to the whole family. So you can put your trophy in here, anywhere you want.”  He said, “Really, Mom?!” He was so exited. He held his trophy and walked back and forth until he found just the right spot. It was on the middle shelf, dead center and eye level for Shelby. That’s where it’s stayed ever since.

In the summer of 1993, Narvel and I took him to some carnival rides in Santa Monica, California. We let him hand his own ticket to the ride attendant while we watched from the side. He thanked the man for the ride in his little boy’s
voice, and I was so proud I could cry.
 

SHELB GAMES, TRIVIA ETC

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

                                                  CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES   
                                            (SOME ANSWERS ARE TWO WORDS -- USE NO SPACES!)

ACROSS:  1) Shelby's first middle name     2) Shelby's Niece     6) Name of actor, 2 words, that Shelb can do Gettysburg Address exactly like      8) Name of dog, WLS list co-owner     9) Name Shelby called his teacher  
10) Famous singer Susie is Shelby's ______     11) Uncle    13) Dog that Shelb had during Hawaii vacation
14) Shelb's grandpa & Reba's dad's first name     15) Shelby's brother  16) Shelby's non-singing aunt :-)    
17) Shelby's birth date (includes RD after number:-)

DOWN:  1) WLS Star!!      2) Shelby's Dad     3) Name of movie character, 2 words, that Shelb can do Gettysburg Address exactly like     4) Shelb's first "girlfriend"     5) Mom      6) Mom's family last name      7) Shelb last name     
8) Tennessee Football team in Shelb's hometown     9) Shelb's mom IS this & Shelb is going to be this someday!    
10) Shelb's grandmom & Reba's mom's first name     11) Family hair color 
12) Shelby's age cousin, Susie's son    13) Drove mom on Lebanon TN grounds in golf _____   
14) Grade Shelb was in when his class sang song on Reba's Secret of Giving CD
16) City where Shelby lives while mom tapes Reba

SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS

  SCRAMBLERS
 
1) MIMKEI 

2) LEIAC

3) NETEYTL

4) ABER

5) SHLAECA

6) SSIEU

7) HEYSLB

8) URRBYFAE

9) ORNANBRD

10) VAERNL

11) STCCLKKBAO

12) ACEIJK

13) LESMAU

14) BANNOEL

SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR SCRAMBLERS ANSWERS

SHELBY TRIVIA QUIZ
 

1) REBA quote:...son Shelby, a hockey star and budding actor whose mom boasts, "can do the Gettysburg Address as..." what two stars??? _____________ and _____________ (1 pt per star)

2) Reba called home to ask Shelby how his first day of school went.  He said, "Mama, Bobby told everyone in school today that I'm in love  with"... _____________ ?? (name of girl, 1 pt)

3) Shelby said to Mom, "we've been so nice to those steers and if we kill one of them, they'll think... ____________________?"  1 pt and 2nd pt for his solution: "Cant we just __________ ?"

4) While in Hawaii, Shelby said he missed Bandit, his dog, really bad too.  Melissa said, "I didn't know you had a dog," joking with Shelby. Shelby defending himself said rather loudly, "Yes, I do! I have a dog! And I have _____________ too!" (1 pt)

5) Shelby was born on what month/day/year??? _____________ (1 pt)

6) Name two or more sports that Shelby has played?? _________ & _________  (1 pt each)
And the trophy for one of them, ended up where?__________ (1 pt)

7) While doing the hay, Shelby said, "Brandon, this is not good."
What was Shelby talking about??  _______________ (1 pt)

8) What grade is Shelby in? ________ (1 pt)   and WILD GUESS...
What year does Shelby becomes a famous actor? _________ (1 pt)

                    SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR SHELBY TRIVIA ANSWERS

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS
 
ACROSS:  1) STEVEN   2) CHELSEA    6) JIM CARREY   8) BUB   9) LITTLE MISSY  10) AUNT  
11) PAKE   13) BANDIT   14) CLARK  15) BRANDON  16) ALICE  17) FEBRUARY 23RD
 
DOWN:  1) SHELBY   2) NARVEL   3) AUSTIN POWERS   4) LYNETTE   5) REBA   6) MCENTIRE   7) BLACKSTOCK  
8) TITANS   9) STAR   10) JACKIE   11) RED   12) SAMUEL   13) CART   14) THIRD   16) LA

SCRAMBLERS ANSWERS

1) Kimmie  2) Alice  3) Lynette  4) Reba  5) Chelsea  6) Susie  7) Shelby  8) February
9) Brandon  10) Narvel  11) Blackstock  12) Jackie  13) Samuel  14) Lebanon

SHELBY TRIVIA ANSWERS

          1) JIM CARREY & AUSTIN POWERS (1 pt each:-)      2) LYNETTE (name of girl, 1 pt)
          3) HATE THEM (what cows will think, 1 pt)    EAT OUT (Shelby's answer, 1 pt)
          4) CRABS (pet, 1 pt)     5) 2/23/90 (birthdate, 1 pt)   
          6) HOCKEY, T-BALL (sports, 1 pt each)  MOM'S TROPHY CASE (where his trophy went, 1 pt)
          7) BRANDON DRIVING ON THE HAY (1 pt)
          8) 6TH (2001-2002, add to get current year, (1 pt)  ANY GUESS GOOD!! (Famous Actor, 1 pt)