What Do Monsters Eat?

Let me start by saying that this post was put together by Sydney, who was waiting for me at the door after work today. A little cover story to what is written: Lucas brought a reading book home last night called, "What Do Monsters Eat". In the story a little girl discovers all the things a pet monster might eat...including pickles. For those reading and wondering, Pickle is our last name. Neither of the boys have ever understood that it is a funny name....until today...here's Sydney's story:

"What Do Monsters Eat?"

That is the very question Lucas posed to me after we reached home today from school. At first I thought he may seriously want to know, then decided not. Perhaps it was a joke he heard today at school? “I don’t know, what do they eat,” I responded. “I don’t know.” Lucas replied. Um…okay? I looked at him and he said, “I read book today…What Do Monsters Eat.” I replied, “Oh?” In turn he gave me a look, “They eat apples, pickles, and potatoes!” I quickly jumped up and said, “PICKLES?! THEN WE BETTER HIDE! WE’RE PICKLES!” He looked and me for a second then laughed for a good measure of time, not because of how crazy his sister can act, but for the fact that it finally dawned on him that our last name is, in fact, a food. Don’t you just love those moments when everything clicks?

We later tried to explain the "funny name" to Eli, I guess he's not ready yet, he still thinks we're crazy.