Chapter 2

The babies, Susie and Peter all head back inside to start looking for a mom for Chuckie.

"So, where are we gonna start Tommy?" Peter asked.

"I've got an idea, follow me!" Said Tommy, as he led everybody out of the kitchen towards the stairs.

Susie stops at the kitchen doorway. They all turn around to see that Susie hasn't caught up with them.

"Guys, I think my mug might be cool enough for me to start painting. Good luck finding a mom for Chuckie." Said Susie, as she went off into the kitchen to get to work on her Mother's Day present.

"So where are we going Tommy?" Chuckie asked.

"Come on." Tommy said, leading Peter and the Rugrats upstairs to his parents room, where he found a dress maker's dummy on a poll.

"Here Chuckie, maybe this can be your mom." Said Tommy, leading Chuckie over to the metal dress dummy.

Chuckie gives it a hug.

"Tommy, are you sure this is gonna work?" Peter asked.

"Well, let's see what Chuckie thinks." Said Lil.

"How does she feel?" Phil asked.

"Kind of cold and bumpy. Not really what I expected." Replied Chuckie with disappointment, as he stops hugging the dress dummy and turns towards his friends.

"I'm sorry Chuckie. My mom hangs dresses on her and she, kind of looks like a mom." Said Tommy.

"She might look like a mom, but Chuckie's right, it doesn't exactly work." Said Peter.

"That's ok, at least I got a hug." Said Chuckie.

"I thihnk we should find Chuckie a mommy who can give kisses too!" Suggested Lil.

"Well, Spike gives pretty good kisses." Suggested Peter.

"Good idea Peter!" Said Tommy, as he led everyone out of his parents bedroom back downstairs to the kitchen, where they found Spike.

"Go on, kiss him Spike." Said Tommy, as Spike ran up to Chuckie, and licked his face, getting it all wet.

"Yuck!" Cried Chuckie.

"Maybe Spike can do other stuff, like getting Chuckie a cookie." Suggested Lil.

"Go on Spike, get Chuckie a cookie." Said Tommy, as Spike ran towards the cookie jar.

"Wow, he's doing it!" Said Phil, but Spike turned and ran towards his water bowl, to get a drink of water.

Lil moaned, as Spike started scratching at some flees.

"Look, he's waving at me, hi mom!" Said Chuckie.

"Uh, Chuckie, I think he's just scratching at flees." Said Tommy.

"You're right Tommy, he is." Added Peter.

"You know, I think moms are spose to be people." Said Phil.

"Yeah, and I think they're spose to be girls too." Said Lil, as they headed into the living room, where she had Chuckie lie down on the couch.

"The first thing we've gots to do is clean up messy baby's face." Said Lil, as Phil gave her a tissue. She spit, causing the drool to land on Chuckie's face.

"Eeewww!" Cried Chuckie.

"I think you're spose to spit on the tissue." Said Phil.

"Oh well." Said Lil, as she ran off and found a bottle for Chuckie and brought it back, sticking it into Chuckie's mouth.

"Drink your baba baby." Said Lil.

"Where did you get that bottle Lillian?" Chuckie asked.

"Out of the fridgirator baby Chuckie, I licked all the ants off." Said Lil.

Chuckie takes the bottle out of his mouth and spits out the milk. Phil approaches them with a pacifier and hands it to Lil.

"Here, try this." Said Lil, sticking the pacifier into Chuckie's mouth. He sucks on it while Peter hands Lil a diaper.

"Now hold still baby Chuckie." Said Lil, as she goes to put the diaper on Chuckie, then Peter hands her the powder.

"Don't forget this." Said Peter, as he hands a bottle of baby powder to Lil. She goes to apply the baby powder to Chuckie, when he gets up off of the couch and runs through the house.

"Hey baby Chuckie, come back here!" Cried Lil, as they run up the stairs, getting baby powder all over the walls and the carpet.

"Stop it Lil stop it!" Cried Chuckie, as they all chase him around, till Chuckie runs out of breath, after they've run up and down the stairs nearly three times, landing back in the living room, Chuckie, now collapsed on the floor.

Lil, now covered in baby powder, smears some on her fingers from her clothes and applies the powder to Chuckie's butt. Then, Peter hands Lil one of Phil's clean diapers.

"Ok baby Chuckie, now hold still." Said Lil, as she puts the diaper on to Chuckie.

"Stop it Lil, stop it!" Cried Chuckie.

"I think it's time to burp the naughty baby now." Said Lil, as Chuckie gets up off the floor, Lil runs up to him and pats him on the back. No sooner has she been doing this, when Phil lets out a huge burp.

Lil gasps at what she thought was Chuckie's burp.

"Excuse me." Phil mutters.

"Really Lil mom, just, stop it! I don't need to be burped!" Cried Chuckie.

"I think you're cranky cuz you need a nap. Come on little baby Chuckie." Said Lil, as she chases Chuckie over to a rocking chair, where she climbs into the chair, and tries to drag Chuckie on top of her.

"Rock a by Baby, in the t top, when the wind…" Before Lil can sing the next line, they tumble out of the chair, and Chuckie lands in a waste paper basket, spitting the pacifier out, sending it flying across the room.

Meanwhile, Angelica is looking for more glue to work on her macaroni art project.

"How can they expect me to make art when they don't even give me enough glue? And why do I have to work like a hog, just cuz it's Mother's Day? I wish I could be a mom today, then somebody could be doing stuff for me." Said Angelica.

Overhearing this, Susie finds some glue on the kitchen table, and takes it to Angelica.

"Here you go Angelica." Said Susie, handing the glue to Angelica.

"Thanks Carmichael." Snapped Angelica, as she went back to work, and Susie, a bit taken back at Angelica's rude tone of voice, returns to the kitchen to continue painting her mug.

At that moment, Angelica hears the crash of Chuckie going into the wastepaper basket, and goes to investigate.

"What's his problem?" Angelica asked.

"Chuckie's sad cuz he don't gots a mom." Replied Phil.

"Yeah, Lil didn't work out too good." Added Tommy.

"Hey, I was doing better than Spike." Said Lil.

Chuckie then pokes his head out from the wastepaper basket.

"I'm sorry Lil, but you weren't doing much better than Spike. You spit on my chin, you give me ant milk, you stick a binky in my mouth, and, in case you forgot, I'm potty trained!" Chuckie shouted, as he rips the diaper off, and throws it, causing the diaper to land on top of Lil's head.

Tears come to Lil's eyes, as she removes the diaper from her head.

"It's ok Lillian." Said Phil, as he goes to comfort his sister, putting an arm around her, and the twins, give one another a hug.

Then, Angelica got an idea.

"Hmmm, I suppose I could be Chuckie's mom." Said Angelica.

"Really? You'd do that for me Angelica?" Chuckie asked.

"Well, I would, only, as you know I'm very busy with my macaroni head." Said Angelica.

"I could help you." Said Chuckie.

"No, you'd do that for me?" Angelica asked, surprised.

"Sure Angelica, I'll do anything if you be my mommy." Said Chuckie.

"Well, ok, son." Said Angelica, as she laughed her evil laugh.

She then led Chuckie over to where she was working on the macaroni head, and Chuckie started putting it together, while Peter,
Tommy, Phil and Lil went off to look for more Mother's Day presents.

While Chuckie is working, Angelica goes on and on about all of the things she's going to do for her new son Chuckie, once he finishes up making her macaroni head. She even changes his name. Meanwhile, Peter, Phil, Lil and Tommy continue to look around for Mother's Day presents, not having much luck, so they go to see how Chuckie is doing. They find him in the living room, working on the macaroni head.

"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Chuckie asked, spotting his friends coming into the room.

"Oh nothing, we just wanted to see how you were doing." Said Tommy.

"Yeah, we felt sorry cuz you've gots Angelica for a mom." Added Phil.

"Sorry for me, you guys Angelica's the best mom I ever got! She tolded me herself!" Said Chuckie.

"So, wanna come help us look for presents?" Tommy asked.

"Sorry guys, I can't, I've got to finish Angelica, I mean mom's, macaroni head." Said Chuckie.

"And then can you come help us look for presents?" Tommy asked again.

"Sorry guys, but after I finish this my Angelica mom is going to take me to the park. And then she's gonna get me a pony, and my own Tomboy Tod!" Said Chuckie.

"Wow, she's better than our mom." Phil muttered.

Just then, Angelica wanders into the room.

"Hey, what are you babies doing?" Angelica asked in her demanding tone.

"We're just talking." Tommy replied.

"Yeah we just came to see what Chuckie was up to." Added Peter.

"Well, in case you didn't notice, Blane is busy right now." Said Angelica.

"Who's Blane?" Tommy asked.

"He is. Chuckie's a stupid name, Blane's a TV name, and everyone knows TV names are better. Now get out of here and go play your baby games." Said Angelica.

"Well ok then." Said Peter.

"Bye Chuckie, I mean, Blane." Said Tommy, as he, Phil, Lil and Peter left the living room to head back outside to continue looking for Mother's Day presents, and Chuckie got back to work on Angelica's macaroni head.

Meanwhile, Susie was watching everything going on from the kitchen, and she didn't like what she was seeing. She was just, waiting for the right moment to intervene.

While all of this was going on, Lucy and Charlotte had arrived at where they were having brunch. While Lucy dined on a delicious feast of salmon and salads, Charlotte, who had a salad in front of her, continued to yack to Jonathon on her cell phone. Lucy, was starting to get bored, as she was nearly finished with her food, sitting there, waiting for Charlotte to wrap up her conversation and finish her brunch. In another part of town, Didi and her mom Minca arrive at the health spa.

"Oh mom, I just know you're going to love this!" Said Didi, as they were walking through the parking lot up to the health spa.

"Wonderful, I'll be scraping mud out of my wrinkles for weeks!" Said Minca sarcastically.

Back at the Pickles house, Chuckie finally finished up the macaroni head, and Angelica had changed out of her usual clothes into a purple bakini.

"Look Angelica mom I finished up my macaroni head." Said Chuckie, showing Angelica the finished piece of art.

"Oh Jonathan, you should see it, my little Blany lany did such a good job, for a baby that is. Now all he has left to do is put on the hat." Said Angelica into a toy cell phone.

"The hat?" Chuckie asked, surprised.

"Why of course my little Blany lany, all good statues have hats. Now run along and find a hat for mommy's head?" Angelica asked.

"What kind of hat do you want?" Chuckie asked.

"Oh, any old thing will do." Said Angelica.

Chuckie left the room and ran to the closet, where he found a coat rack with several hats hanging on it. He grabbed all of the hats, the ones he could reach, and brought them back to Angelica.

The first one they placed on top of the statue was a red hat.

"Nah, too red." Said Angelica.

So then, they put a blue hat on the macaroni head.

"Nah, too blue." Said Angelica.

Then, a messy looking hat was placed on top, looking as if somebody had thrown up on it.

"Nah, too yucky." Said Angelica.

Then, a striped bonnet was placed on the macaroni head.

"What am I, an elf?" Angelica asked, disappointed.

"I'm sorry Angelica mom, I'm trying." Said Chuckie.

"I know Chuckie and that's what's so sad. Tell you what, forget the hat, why don't we try a nice flower instead? Even you ought to be able to pick a flower." Said Angelica, as she and Chuckie headed outside to find a flower.

Meanwhile, downstairs in the basement, Betty was continuing to reprogram Stu's invention. She had put several things into the computer, starting it all off with the advice of, putting the guy into a headlock if they criticize your child. She was almost done, before she was ready to submit her work. She just had a few pieces of advice left to type in.

"A mother's gotta have wisdom, when dealing with a fever of 105 at 3 a.m. on a Sunday. And she's gotta have dignity, when she's covered up in spit up at the supermarket. Plus strength if she's got twins. And, some optimism when she doesn't have any of the rest of that stuff. Yep, I guess that's what it takes to be a mother." Said Betty, as she hit the enter key on the computer, causing the words, System Overload, to flash in big letters on the screen.

"System Overload." Said the computer, as the whackie robot started up again.

"Now what?" Said Stu, as he went after his invention.

Meanwhile, Phil and Lil are fighting over the tree in the backyard.

"I wanna give her the tree Lillian." Said Phil, grabbing at the tree trunk.

"I saw it first Phillip." Argued Lil.

Just then, Peter walks up to them, carrying a rock.

"I don't think you can give your mom the tree, but what about this? I found a rock, you think your mom might like it?" Peter asked, handing the rock to Phil and Lil.

They look up at Peter, then exchange looks with one another.

"I don't know Peter, it's nice, but…" Phil said.

"Yeah, no, you can give it to your mom if you'd like though." Said Lil, handing the rock back to Peter.

As soon as Peter was handed the rock, Angelica and Chuckie walk out into the backyard, and Susie continues to watch everything going on through the kitchen window.

"Are you sure we'll be done once I get the flower?" Chuckie asked.

"Of course, I'm the artist aren't I?" Angelica asked, as she looked at the flowers.

"I want that one." Said Angelica, as she pointed to the flower she wanted.

"Ok." Said Chuckie, as he went to pick the flower Angelica wanted, just as a bumble bee lands on it.

"Bee!" Chuckie screamed.

"Oh Blane, where's my flower?" Angelica called.

"I'm getting it, Angelica mom." Chuckie said nervously, as he reaches for the flower hesitantly, afraid of getting stung by the bee.

At this point, Peter and the Rugrats spot Chuckie reaching for the flower, and go to see what's going on.

"What are you doing Chuckie?" Peter asked.

"Just getting this flower for my mom." Chuckie replied.

"But, a bumble bee is eating that one." Said Tommy.

"Yeah, but this is the one she wants." Said Chuckie.

"But Chuckie, they're all the same." Said Tommy, as he looks at the other flowers, all of which looked exactly like the flower Chuckie was trying to get for Angelica.

"Look, maybe to you they're all the same and maybe you can get your moms any old flower, but, my Angelica is the ohnliest mom I've got and this is the onliest flower she wants!" Cried Chuckie.

"Come on Chuckie, let's go have a talk with your mom." Said Peter, as he lead Chuckie and the other babies over to where Angelica was lounging on a chair across the yard.

"Angelica?" Tommy asked.

"What is it now?" Angelica barked.

"You've gotta tell Chuckie he doesn't gotta get the flower with the bumble bee on it." Said Tommy.

"Yeah Angelica, Chuckie's could get hurt if that bee should sting him." Added Peter.

"Oh Blane, you don't have to get it for me, I'll just tell my mom there's no present for her this year." Said Angelica, as she started to cry.

"Don't cry Angelica mom, I'll get it." Said Chuckie.

"Great! I'll be inside watching TV." Said Angelica happily, as she headed inside to watch TV, when Chuckie ran back to get the flower, still occupied by the bumble bee. No sooner had he grabbed it when the bee started to buzz around, flying in Chuckie's face.

"I've got it, I've got it! AAAHHH! The bee!" Screamed Chuckie, as Stu's invention races out into the backyard.

"Quick Chuckie, throw!" Shouted Phil, as Chuckie throws the flower, the other babies and Peter, running after it to catch it.

Before anybody can catch it, the invention runs over the flower, and by the time Peter snatches it up, there's nothing but a stem with one petal on it. He hands it to Chuckie.

"Oh great." Chuckie mutters sarcastically.

"Oh great." Stu mutters sarcastically as he spots his invention out in the yard, making a mess.

Chuckie brings his ruined flower into the living room and sticks it in Angelica's face.

"Uh, Angelica mom, I got your flower." Said Chuckie.

"That's not a flower, that's just a green stick with a thing on it." Angelica snapped.

"But…" Chuckie started to say before Angelica interrupts him.

"All I wanted was one flower for my macaroni head, and instead, you give me this? You know what this shows? You love me not!" Said Angrelica angrily.

"I'm sorry Angelica mom." Chuckie says apologetically.

At that moment, Peter and the other babies walk into the room.

"Angelica, as king of the Confederacy, I order you to leave Chuckie alone." Said Peter.

"And after all I've done for you. Fine, go, go play with your king and dumb baby friends." Snapped Angelica, as she pokes at Chuckie's stomach, sending him backwards into the table where her macaroni head is sitting.

"But Angelica mom, I…" Chuckie started to say, just as he runs into the table, causing it to fall over, ruining the macaroni head.

"My head!" Angelica screamed, as she angrily grabbed at Peter's legs and Tommy's arm, and starts dragging them to the hall closet. At this point, Susie has seen enough, and can't take it anymore.

She gets over to Angelica as she's about to lock Peter and the babies in the closet.

"If you thihnk grandpa's old, just see how old you are when your time out is over. And as for you Chuckie, you can forget about having a mom, ever!" Griped Angelica.

Just as she's about to slam the door shut, her arm is jurked back from the doorknob. She spins around to see Susie standing there, a look of displeasure on her face.

"Angelica, leave Peter and the babies alone." Demanded Susie.

"Oh yeah? Who asked you Carmichael?" Angelica asked.

"Angelica, I've been watching you this whole time, and let's face it. You're a lousy mom." Said Susie.

"Oh yeah? And I suppose you'd do a better job at being Chuckie's mom?" Angelica asked.

"Well, I certainly wouldn't make him do my art project for me. I wouldn't change his name, and I wouldn't put him in time out. I also wouldn't have made him pick a flower with a bumble bee on it either. He could have gotten hurt!" Said Susie.

"Fine, go ahead and try being Chuckie's mom, see if I care." Griped Angelica, as she stomped off to go clean up the macaroni mess on the floor.

Susie peers into the closet, where the Rugrats and Peter are watching everything.

"So what do you say Chuckie, you think I'd make a good mom?" Susie asked.

"I don't know Susie." Said Chuckie with a sigh, shrugging his shoulders.

Tommy comes up behind him and puts his arm around him.

"Come on Chuckie, give it a try. Susie's much nicer than Angelica." Said Tommy.

Chuckie turns to his friend, who's smiling, a determined look in his eyes.

"Well, ok Tommy, I guess, I can give it a try." Said Chuckie, as he went off with Susie.

Peter then eyes the shelves of the closet, and turns to the other babies, with a twinkle in his eye.

"What is it Peter?" Tommy asked.

"Well, this is the one place we haven't looked for Mother's Day presents, why not check out what's in the closet, and see what we can find!" Said Peter.

And this, ends chapter 2. So, will Peter and the Rugrats find some Mother's Day presents in the closet? And how does it go with Susie being Chuckie's mom? We'll find out in the next chapter, so please, do stay tuned!