Kuhls

What are "kuhls" you ask. Well, they are one of Elijah's favorite things to eat. Does that give you a clue? Well, here's the story.

I bought a jar of the deli style Claussen pickles. I was eating one with my lunch and Elijah likes pickles so I gave him one. He devoured it by the time I had put the jar back in the fridge. He then proceeded to ask for more. This time I left the pickle jar on the table. After he finished his second pickle he pointed to the jar, signed "please" and then pointed to himself and said "me?" I questioned whether I should give him a third pickle but he was so darn cute who can resist. Of course he finished that as quickly as the first two and unfortunately I had to stand my ground about a fourth pickle. Come on, that can't be good for his little tummy, right? Fast forward to later that evening. I had made Jake a sandwich and gave him a pickle. Of course Elijah wanted one. He didn't really want to wait for us to give him one of his own...he wanted Jake's. Well, he started saying "kuhl...kuhl.." We weren't sure if he was trying to say "pickle" or not so I opened the fridge for him and said "What do you want?" He pointed at the pickle jar and said "kuhl" then proceeded to sign "please" and say "me". Okay...so he ate four pickles that day. It didn't kill him. They're vegetables...right?