Before reading the books, Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider
mom: Do you know what "diary" means?
Eli: Yeah, sure..............poop! Lots of poop!
(with a hand gesture suggesting a deluge from the body)
(after we cleared that up...)
mom: Would you like to keep a diary?
Eli: YES! To draw scribbles every day!
I'm actually getting a little a-scared of his visit here in August.
And I lost another pound - we've hit 11!