Disclaimer: The only part of Castle that I own is the TV on which I watch the show.

When Dad is writing and Scrapple is snoozing and I'm in the office with them, I spend part of the time thinking. Here are some of the things I'm wondering about now. Dad told me there is a game called twenty questions. I can't count to twenty yet, but I have a lot of questions.

Why does Mom call Dad babe? He is a grown-up. The only other babe I know who is not a baby is the pig in the movie that Dad and I have watched a million times. Oh, and that reminds me. Sometimes Dad calls me kiddo since I am a kid, but why does Gram call him kiddo?

When we go somewhere in the car, I have to sit in the back seat by myself because Mom and Dad say it's too dangerous for me to be in the front. But when I was inside Mom l was in the front seat with her. Wasn't that dangerous?

Why do some people not have hair on their heads? Where did it go?

Why does Dad say he's going to hop into the shower? I never saw him hop, he just walks right in. Mom never says she's going to hop into the bathtub, which is good because she would have to hop so high to get over the side and she could get hurt.

Why do Scrapple and other dogs have four feet instead of two hands and two feet like me?

Why is Alexis called my half-sister and I am called her half-brother? We are not half a person.

Sometimes in the daytime I can see the sun in the sky and the moon in the sky. So at nighttime why is only the moon ever in the sky? Is the sun hiding?

Why are overalls called that when they aren't over everything? When Dad and I went out this morning my overalls weren't over my jacket. And they aren't over my shoes.

Why can't I sleep in bed with Mom and Dad since the twins get to be there? It's not fair and there's enough room.

Why did Dad look out the window and say, "Wow, the days are really getting shorter." I didn't even know days could be tall and now they're getting short?

I'm not a baby anymore, so why are my teeth called baby teeth?

Why does Granddad say, "You can't turn back the clock"? I watched Dad turn the clock back yesterday because something called Daylight Savings ended.

How does Santa Claus know everybody's address?

Why are Gram and Alexis called redheads? Their heads aren't red and their hair is orange.

Why does Scrapple get something called a flea treatment every month so he doesn't get fleas? I never have fleas and nobody ever gives me a flea treatment. Should I have one just in case? I don't like fleas. They bite.

What are big boy pants? Dad was looking at his computer just now and said, "Okay, I have to put on my big boy pants and answer Gina's email screed." Doesn't Dad wear man pants?

Why do we have toenails if we never use them for anything?

Why do Mom and Dad say they're going to park the car, but we visit a place called the park which doesn't have any cars?

How did my picture get inside Mom and Dad's phones?

Why did Mom say that hot fudge sauce on salmon was disgusting and she would never eat it? She likes hot fudge sauce and she likes salmon and they're both going in her stomach anyway.

Why did Dad tell Gram she had too much time on her hands when the only thing on her hands were her gloves?

Why do some people have boy babies and some people have girl babies?

Dad just stopped writing and he says it's time for a snack. We're going to have some milk and animal crackers. Bye.

PS Why aren't animal crackers called cookies?

A/N Thank you all for your support for Curious Eliot.