Author's Note: Happy Thanksgiving to my readers from the United States of America! I did want to point out that starting on this chapter and going forward, I'll be eliminating the word, "Bonus," from the chapter titles, as I had a user complain to me about how redundant it was getting, and I admit, I do agree with them. Also, this particular chapter is somewhat a sequel to the birthday story I released the other day for theblindwriter95, if you have yet to read that story. With that out of the way, let's move on, to the next chapter, and I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 37, Another Thanksgiving at Peter's Castle
It was Thanksgiving once again, and once again, Peter was up, bright and early. This year though, rather than having each of his guests bring a different dish to the feast like they did last year, they were having the same items on the menu, only this time, Peter had his servants prepare everything, the shrimp cocktail, the Jell-O salad, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, broccoli casarole, mash potatoes and gravy, sweet potato pie, and the chocolate pecan pie for dessert. And for beverages, they had a choice of sparkling apple cyder and chocolate milk for the kids, and coffee, tea, water, or soda for the adults. Later that morning, the Fan Fic authors were the first ones to arrive. This year, the guests included Celrock, DemonAloisTrancy, Nairobi-harper, dbug27, Boris Yeltsin, TCKing12, Sovietlollipop, Olaughlinhunter, and while Vinzgirl had been invited, she sadly, came down with a terrible cold, so couldn't make it to the feast. She called Peter the night before to let him know she wouldn't be making it, and he wished her well and hoped she'd feel better soon. Everybody sat down on the wrap around orange couch in Peter's living room, and watched the Gracy's Thanksgiving Day parade while they waited for the other guests to arrive. The Carmichaels were the first ones to get there, shortly followed by Celeste and Zack Wehrenberg, then the Finsters, then Drew, Charlotte, and Angelica Pickles, who brought Lou and Lulu to the feast to save on gas, then the DeVilles showed up, and finally, another hour later, Stu, Didi, Tommy and Dil Pickles arrived, bringing Boris and Minka with them to this event. And once again, the Barrows wouldn't be making it to the Thanksgiving feast this year, because they were going to visit relatives on Jesse's father Dana's side of the family.
"Hi Stu and Didi, I was wondering if you guys were going to show, seeing I recall poor Tommy having to head home from theblindwriter95's birthday party early the other day. How is he doing?" Peter asked, leading the rest of the Pickles family and Didi's parents into the royal living room.
"Tommy's much better but he was difficult to wake up this morning. That's why we're running late. And Dil didn't seem to eat nearly as much breakfast this morning. I just hope he's not coming down with this virus too." Didi said worriedly.
"I hope not either, or at least, you guys won't have to leave the dinner early. And I know the fatigue feeling. When I was sick with this same virus last week, even once my fever and horrible stomach ache were gone, I was exhausted! It took nearly every ounce of energy to get this castle decorated for theblindwriter95's birthday party last weekend, and I had me at least one nap a day, which I normally don't take one when I'm in good health." Peter said, leading the family over to an empty spot on the couch.
Everybody sat down and made small talk with one another, as the parade was seeing to wrapping up on TV. The toddlers all sat together on the floor, doing the same.
"So, how long did your feelings of fatigue last?" Didi asked Peter.
"A couple of days, I'd say I didn't really feel back to my old self until I was without symptoms of the virus like the stomach ache for about forty-eight hours." Peter replied.
"Well Tommy's fever didn't break until last night, and this morning was the first morning he really ate his breakfast. We almost didn't come, but since he didn't have any fever, we came anyway." Didi replied.
On the floor, Chuckie turned to his best friend.
"Hi Tommy how are you doing?" Chuckie asked.
"Yeah Tommy, are you feeling any better?" Lil asked.
"Yeah, I'm all better, my tummy don't hurt no more, but I'm really tired." Tommy replied, letting out a huge yawn.
"I'll probably take a long nappy after the big dinner later." He added.
"I wasn't very hungry this morning. I almost wish we hadn't come." Dil said.
Tommy glanced over at his brother worried.
"What? But Dilly, you love eating the yummy feasts at Peter's castle." Tommy said.
"Well not this year! I wanna go home!" Dil snapped, crossing his arms and glairing down at the floor.
Dbug27 overheard this conversation, and decided she'd ask her first question to the group.
"It's great to be back here and it's an honor to be celebrating Thanksgiving with all of you, as I don't recall coming to this event last year. Regardless, while we wait for dinner to be ready, I'll be the first, to ask my questions." Dbug27 said.
"Okay, but can we have Boris Yeltsin go second? He hogged up the entire conversation back at Halloween during the feast, and I'd assume he get his gobs of burning questions over with before we all head in for dinner." TCKing12 complained.
"Works for me." Boris Yeltsin replied.
"Okay, may I ask my first question now?" Dbug27 asked.
Everybody in the room nodded their heads yes.
"Okay, question for everyone, what was your worst illness ever?" Dbug27 asked.
When a question was asked to everybody in the room, the typical response, was to go around and have everybody answer from oldest to youngest, though in the end, that's not how it went.
"Had Measles as a young sprout. Painful bumps all over my body for fifteen days! Couldn't stand the pain, and I thought they were never going to go away!" Lou replied.
"Measles! Oh that's nothing. Try having Shingles as a kid. Worst pain I've ever felt in my entire life as a child." Lulu said.
"Anything I got as a child was rough, especially since my old rival Slomo, always outdid me, as I ranted about a while back at Chanukah. Really don't feel much like going into that right now." Boris said.
"Well I felt the worst disease I ever had was Mumps. Had them as a teen." Minka replied.
"I don't remember enjoying Chicken Pox as a child." Randy replied.
"Me neither." Lucy added.
Alisa, Buster and Edwin all nodded their heads in agreement.
"One time I had a bad cold, and mommy wouldn't let me go play outside." Susie said.
"Well I thought the worstest disease I ever had was when I had to miss that Dummi Bears circus thingy because I got some stupid virus. I even tried to make the babies look sick, but it didn't work. Yeah uncle Stu got the show on video tape when they went through the trouble of pretending to be sick so they could come home and spend it with me, but to tell you the honest truth, I wish I had actually been at the event, without those dumb babies." Angelica snapped, getting several eye rolls from the toddlers, in particular, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Dil, since they all recall this event quite well.
"I hated getting this one Flu I had at age eight, having to miss a field trip to the dairy farm." Drew said.
"Well I can't stand stomach bugs that keep me in the bathroom forever." Charlotte added.
"I recall in junior high, having this terrible cold that made me lose my voice. My throat hurt something awful and forget communicating with anybody. I tried to invent a secret language to communicate, but it didn't go over well." Stu said.
"That's because nobody knew what you were trying to say!" Drew argued.
Stu rolled his eyes at his older brother, as the conversation continued.
"I can't stand getting bad colds, especially since I already suffer from allergies, makes them ten times worse." Chas said.
"I can't stand stomach bugs, and I often suffer from motion sickness on long car rides, which is never any fun." Kira said.
"I had Shingles as a kid too, worst pain I ever had. Was about five when it happened too." Howard said.
"I can't recall any disease that was the worst, mainly because my mom exposed us to everything so much, that it was more or less, a natural thing in our family to be sick with something or another growing up." Betty said.
"Well I couldn't stand one Christmas when I was little, throwing up on Christmas eve and feeling to miserable on the day itself to play with my new toys." Celeste said.
"Well I thought this stomach ache virus I had last week wasn't too pleasant myself." Peter said.
"I'm sorry I got you sick Peter." DemonAloisTrancy apologized.
"It's okay DemonAloisTrancy, you couldn't help it." Peter replied.
"Well I thought my worstest disease ever was the Gray Plague. I thought I'd never get out of that hopcickle and get home." Tommy replied.
"Tummy bugs are the worstest of them all." Lil said.
"Yeah! No matter how many bugs and wormies you eat, they always come right back up." Phil added.
"Well I didn't like getting a cold one time in the fall when I was litterer. It's especially no fun when you already suffer from a stuffed up nose as it is, colds only make it worser. And then, right after I was starting to feel better, I thought I made the tree sick when I spilled my apple juice on it, only to learn later that it wasn't sick after all. Still though, that wasn't no fun, and trying to make the leaves green again was lots of hard work." Chuckie said.
"Didn't you guys try to cover the tree in maple syrup too?" Dbug27 asked.
"Uh huh." Chuckie replied.
"Foot and Mouth Disease was the worstest. Had it when I was still a baby-baby. Little bumps on your hands and feet that hurt really bad!" Dil said.
"I can't think of a illness that was the worstest, well okay, when I still lived in Paris, had a tummy bug that kept me home from daycare on the day Miss Clavelle was bringing in blueberry muffins for breakfast. I was sad I had to miss it." Kimi replied.
"Yeah I don't like having to miss something really fun when I'm sick neither. I think for me, my worstest disease was when I caught the stomach bug from Tommy shortly after he had his first sleepover at my partment. Dil claimed we had something called baby-baby disease, but I knew that wasn't it. I did sure feel like a baby-baby while sick with it though. Extra poopies in the diapies and constantly spitting up, neither of which is fun." Zack said.
Everybody in the room nodded their heads in agreement with Zack's comment, before dbug27 went on to ask her next question, as this topic was even starting to make her feel sick at this point.
"Okay, moving on… Question for the adults, what's your first memory?" Dbug27 asked.
"I'd have to say my first memory was as a little girl, I remember picking potatoes with my mom from the potato field in the old country." Minka replied.
"I remember learning to walk, and running into my father's work bench. Fell down and scraped my knee pretty badly." Boris replied.
"Oh that's nothing. Try your first long car trip to visit your great uncle Hunter. I swear we were on the road for fifteen days. Of course, I was only two at the time, so not sure if it was that many days now or not, but it was pretty boring." Lou said.
"My earliest memory was my first solo in church at the young age of four. Kept forgetting the lyrics to Amazing Grace, but luckily several people thought I was cute regardless." Lulu said.
"My first campout with my siblings was a lot of fun. Recall seeing a shooting star that night in the sky too and making a wish." Peter said.
"What did you wish for?" Chuckie asked.
"I don't remember now but I just recall seeing that shooting star, and it was pretty amazing." Peter said.
"I'd have to say my earliest memory was when I talked to the adults for the first time. My first word was, Yes, and everybody was so happy to hear me say it." Randy said.
"Well I believe my earliest memory was something about a light above my bed. I thought it could grant wishes or something, but now, looking back on it, I wonder if I'm insane." Lucy said.
"Nah, you're not insane. When I was little, I believe my earliest memory was seeing my first wrestling match on TV. Thought it was the best thing ever! Til my mother came in and made me turn it off. She never cared as much for sports as I did growing up." Betty said.
"I remember at age three, baking pies with my grandmother. Remember smelling the aroma of the apple pie coming from the oven, and being really pleased I made it all by myself, with grandma's help of course." Howard said.
"Wow! I have a similar memory only my first pie I made with my mom when I was about age two, and I believe it was a cherry pie." Chas replied.
"My earliest memory was going for a walk with my mother through the Japanese village where we lived at the time. I was two and leaves had just fallen off the trees. I was so fascinated by the leaves, I kept having to stop and admire each one, much to my mother's dismay." Kira said.
"Sounds like something Melinda, my late wife might have recalled from her childhood. Recall how old you were?" Chas asked.
"Two, I think." Kira replied.
"My earliest memory was getting my first pair of glasses. I forget how old I was now, but the world looked so beautiful, it was like being in a whole new place!" Didi cried.
"My earliest memory was eating some peaches at the park. Not sure if it was my mother or grandmother feeding me, but I recall I was only a baby, and not liking the taste all that much." Charlotte said.
"Well my earliest memory was mom and dad bringing Stu home from the hospital. Not a pleasant memory at that, as the first thing he did was remove my glasses from my face and try to put them on his face. Seeing a blurry blob of my brother made it ten times worse, keeping in mind I was only a-year-old at the time." Drew said.
"Well my earliest memory is our first argument, when you threw my toy rocket across the room. I was so sad, thinking I'd never see it again." Stu said, about ready to cry.
"Okay, okay, okay, looks like some interesting memories at that. Let's move on, shall we? Question for the adults, what movie did you see at the theater your first time going?" Dbug27 asked.
"My first movie was Star Wars, after I came to the states and left the old country." Boris replied.
"Mine too, because I believe I was the one to take him to the movie, much to my dismay. Didn't care for it." Minka replied.
"Well I believe my first movie was some silent film, but the name escapes me at the moment." Lou said.
"Mine was the original Wizard of Oz. Gosh, Shirly Temple was so perfect in that movie." Lulu replied.
"Well my first movie was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." Howard replied.
"Mine was Dumbo." Randy replied.
"What a coincidence, so was mine!" Lucy replied.
"Mine was the animated 101 Dalmations. Those puppies were so adorable!" Didi cried.
"Mine was Sleeping Beauty. Didn't care for it much though." Betty replied.
"I'm pretty sure mine was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Charlotte said.
"Mine was Bambi. Cried throughout the entire thing." Drew said.
"That was mine too." Stu added.
"Of course it was Stu we went to our first movie together." Drew replied.
"Yeah, only while you were crying because of Bambi losing his mother, I cried because you kept taking my popcorn away from me." Stu said.
"Did not Stu, you took my lollipop and threw it on the ground!" Drew said.
"Well you kept blocking my view from seeing the screen out the car windshield!" Stu argued.
"Zip it the both of you." Lou interjected.
Stu and Drew gulped and looked away from one another.
"Well my first movie was The Fox and the Hound, though I don't remember much about it now." Celeste said.
"I know my first movie was God Zilla. Remember being frightened by him and having nightmares for weeks. Don't believe I went to see another movie until I was much older." Kira replied.
"Oh that's nothing. Try having your first movie as a child be the original animated Jungle Book and being frightened by Shir Kahn." Chas said.
"Is that everybody?" Dbug27 asked.
All of the adults nodded their heads in agreement, as technically, while Peter was an adult compared to the toddlers, he was only fourteen, so technically, he wasn't an adult.
"Okay, one last question from me. Question for the kids, what's your favorite candy?" Dbug27 asked.
"Reptar bars!" All of the toddlers cried out in unison.
"I should have known." Dbug27 commented, before Boris Yeltsin spoke up.
"My turn, my turn, my turn." Boris Yeltsin said.
"Well I'd better go check in with my servants and see how dinner is coming along. I'll be right back." Peter said, getting up from the wrap around orange couch as he went off to check in with his servants, and the parade was wrapping up on TV and the international dog show came on.
"Wow you guys, it's a doggy show! You know, like that one our daddies entered Spiffi and Pepper into one time." Tommy said.
"I wonder if Olaughlinhunter will ever enter Thor in one of those?" Chuckie asked.
"I don't know!" Tommy replied.
"I never have, but that's a great idea Tommy, I'll have to consider training him to be in one of those dog shows down the road, I bet he'd do great!" Olaughlinhunter said.
"Wait! Before Boris Yeltsin hogs up all of our waiting time for dinner with his gobs of burning questions, I just have one question I'd like to ask the gang. Mine if I ask my question first?" Sovietlollipop asked.
"Not at all Sovietlollipop, I can wait." Boris Yeltsin said.
"Okay thanks." Sovietlollipop said.
"So what you gots for us Sovietlollipop?" Phil asked.
"I'm glad you asked. I have a question for the Rugrats, including Zack, Angelica and Susie. What do you all think of The Mysterious Mr. Enter?" Sovietlollipop asked.
"I like him. I especially like how he doesn't like our rival, Spongebob Squarepants very much." Angelica said.
"Yeah, but sometimes, I think he's a bit harsh in his reviews." Susie added.
"And I notice he hardly ever reviews specific episodes of your show." Zack commented.
"Yeah I noticed that too! After Rosie commenting to me about how lame my firstest slumber party, uh, I mean, sleepover was with Angelica, you'd think that episode would be on his animation atrocity list." Tommy said.
"I don't know. I find the guy kind of scary. I'm kind of glad he don't talk about our show much. I think I might not like what he has to say and feel like I'm always doing something wrong." Chuckie said.
"He'd probably find me and Lillian funny, putting us on the good animation list, whatever that one's called." Phil said, raising an eyebrow.
"I forgetted now too." Lil said.
"Well I happen to know the guys is, well, a bit, creepy, and I lost my taste for him a long time ago." Nairobi-harper commented.
"I see. Kimi and Dil, any thoughts?" Sovietlollipop asked.
"I think Mr. Enter's cool and I bet he'd have lots of lovely things to say about me." Kimi cried.
"I'm glad he doesn't talk about me, cuz he'd probably complain about how boring I was on the show, and that I was a useless character." Dil said.
"You're right about that." Nairobi-harper commented.
"Okay I've waited long enough, can I ask my questions now?" Boris Yeltsin asked, just as Peter walked back into the living room and sat back down in his spot on the wrap around orange couch.
"So, how's dinner coming along?" Didi asked.
"It will be another hour or two. Chances are it will be ready by the time the dog show ends. So Boris Yeltsin, help us pass the time, with your many burning questions." Peter said.
"Thank you Peter. Okay, first question. Question for the adults, ever put the batteries for anything in up-side down?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
All of the adults shook their heads no, except for Stu, who nodded yes.
"Okay Stu, what did you put the batteries up-side-down in?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Trying to change the batteries in Dil's Goober toy, the one that says different phrases that he and Chuckie were playing with in the yard that day Didi introduced our kids to that goafer. Anyway, I was in a hurry, plus it didn't help that Dil was crying the entire time, and it was nearly midnight. Put the batteries in, only to give it to him, and when he squeezed Goober's stomach, nothing happened, making him cry even louder. I thought my head was going to explode! Luckily Didi came in and helped me fix the problem." Stu explained.
"Well that's good. Okay, moving on… Question for the adults, if you've read any fan takes of Rugrats episodes, any favorite versions?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
All of the adults exchanged glances with one another, but couldn't really think of anything.
"Hmmm, I guess, they're all good." Didi said.
"I see." Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Well, I did like the take on Angelica's Birthday that Celrock did, thought it was so cute when I thought Angelica was playing dressup." Charlotte said.
"I also felt so bad that my little princess was so scared about growing up at the end of that story, but I also understood how she felt, and I'm glad we could calm her down in the end." Drew said.
"Anybody else with any other fan favorites?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
The rest of the adults shook their heads no, prompting him to move on to his next question.
"Question for Phil, Lil and Chuckie, how do you think the ep Toys in the Attic would've been different if you were in it with Tommy and Angelica?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
Luckily there was a commercial during the dog show at this point, getting the toddlers attention.
"Well I probably would have tried to stop Tommy from going up to the attic, not to mention, been mad at Angelica for lying to us about the ghosts in our beds, cuz that would have really ascared me!" Chuckie said.
"And me and Lillian would have fought over all of the toys." Phil said.
"Would not Phillip." Lil argued.
"Would two Lillian." Phil argued.
"Would not." Lil argued.
"Would too!" Phil argued.
"Okay okay, I get it." Boris Yeltsin said, just as the dog show came back on the TV, prompting him to turn his attention back to the adults.
"Question for the adults, ever tried a cruller before? If you haven't, I'd recommend them, they're similar to doughnuts." Boris Yeltsin asked.
All of the adults shook their heads no, while Chas and Kira spoke up.
"No, we haven't! But great suggestion for us to add to our menu at the Java Lava, we'll definitely have to look into this." Chas said.
"Agreed. They sound interesting. Will have to try them sometime and let you know what I think of them." Kira said.
"Question for Lou, you've mentioned your brother Sparky a few times, what sort of brother was he like when you two were growing up?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Well my brother Sparky was quite the wild little boy. Always making mischief, but we were very close, doing everything together as little boys, and I guess you could say, he was like my best friend. Ah yes, those fifteen years we had together as kids were some wonderful memories, for sure." Lou said, leaning back on his portion of the couch, with a dreamy look in his eyes, remembering back to the good old days.
"I see. Very interesting. Another question for Lou, are you familiar with an old radio show from the 70's called CBS Radio Mystery Theater?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Darn tootin' I am. Love that show in fact. Reminds me a lot of the Masked Detective. I remember this one episode, when… When…" Lou started to explain, when he yawned and fell asleep.
Boris Yeltsin turned to the other adults in the room.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure he's awake when Peter claims dinner is ready." Boris Yeltsin said to the other adults.
"Works for me." Lulu replied.
"Okay, next question, and hopefully, I don't end up putting anybody else to sleep in this room. I was bound to put Lou to sleep eventually, and I finally did it. Now let's see… Question for the adults, ever had fillings put in your mouth before?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
Once again, all of the adults shook their heads no, except for Stu.
"Doctor Homer had to give me a filling once, I believe it was before Tommy was born, and with how he described the procedure to me, I've never cared much for the dentist, so this left me feeling, petrified. Didi made me go to the appointment, and to my surprise, in the end, it wasn't so bad." Stu explained.
"So it didn't hurt?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"No." Stu replied.
"Well that's good. I have to go get a cavity filled at the dentist next month, and I guess, I'm a little bit nervous." Boris Yeltsin said.
"Don't worry about it. They'll numb your mouth before the procedure, and you'll hardly feel anything." Stu said.
"Okay. While I've got your attention Stu, question for you Stu, what do you think is the best invention you've come up with?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"It's no doubt, the Reptar wagon. I mean sure, maybe my boys and our friends kids got lost in the forest, but not only has that invention of mine held up quite well post that venture, but to this day, I could care less that I never got the toy entered into that Reptar Corperation contest. Looking out the window into the backyard and seeing my boys playing with it and having so much fun, makes me feel so happy. Of course, I wasn't too happy when Tommy went through a phase when he kept running the wagon into the back of the house, but Didi explained to me that he was only going through one of his, terrible two's phases, and I think after having to put the wagon into time out for the rest of the day, he learned his lesson, as I haven't seen anybody play with it in that manner again since." Stu explained.
"Wow that's great!" Boris Yeltsin commented, just as another commercial came on the TV, meaning the kids were finally free once again to answer a question or two.
"Okay, now that the dog show has gone to another commercial, Got a funny question for the kids, ever laughed hard enough for a drink to come out of your nose? My sister-in-law did
that once." Boris Yeltsin asked.
"I have, and when milk came out my nose this one time, I made Lillian laugh so hard she ended up needing a new diapie!" Phil replied.
"And the same happened with Phillip when I then laughed so hard that milk came out my nose. And this happened not long after we taught each other how to walk." Lil said.
"Anybody else?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
Chuckie, Kimi, Zack, Susie and Angelica all shookd their heads no, while Tommy shook his head yes.
"Yeah one time, I was watching a really funny episode of that Whacky Videos show my mommy and daddy like to watch, and I was drinking a bottle while watching, and I laughed so hard, I could see the milk coming out of my nose. It was the funniest thing ever! Sadly though, it happened after my grandpa won the contest and I gotted my quarter though." Tommy said.
"I see. Well, it's still a commercial, so let's see if I can ask you kids one more question before the dog show comes back on. Question for Angelica, where were you during the episode, Incredible Shrinking Babies?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Oh brother, do I have to tell you everything? I was having a playdate at Susie's house that day, since I didn't want to go spend a day with the babies, who were going to Finster's house. And oh yeah, we had fun giving each other Cynthia makeovers with Alisa's help, even though Susie and I kept arguing over who's makeover was much better." Angelica griped.
"I see. Interesting." Boris Yeltsin said, just as the dog show came back on the TV.
This prompted Boris Yeltsin to turn his attention back to the adults for more questions.
"Question for Boris, any favorite episodes that you and Minka have appeared in?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Oh that's an easy one. I'd have to say that episode where I told the kids the story of Passover. I told it to them the same way my grandfather told it to me back in the Old Country when I was a lad. Just, pure, story telling, because the story of being set free in my opinion, is how that story should be told. So much better than doing it the traditional Seder way, and to this day, I don't regret getting locked in the attic one bit, especially after getting to tell the story, the way I prefer to tell it." Boris explained.
"Yeah I like the Passover one too, and I thought you did an excellent job telling the story to Tommy, Chuckie, and Angelica." Boris Yeltsin replied.
"question for the adults, if you have toast as part of breakfast, do you have it plain or with butter on it? I tend to have it plain, but other times I'll have butter on it." Boris Yeltsin asked.
"I like butter on mine." Stu replied.
"Me too." Charlotte, Randy, Drew, Howard, Kira, and Betty replied.
"I prefer it plain. Butter is so, high in cholesterol." Lucy said.
"Agreed." Didi added.
Chas nodded his head in agreement with Didi and Lucy.
"Don't like toast very much, in either fashion." Celeste said.
"I should have known, you three are either health nuts, a medical Doctor in Lucy's case, and in Chas's case, like to keep things simple." Boris Yeltsin commented.
"Yep that's correct." Lucy said.
Just then, another commercial came on to the TV, prompting Boris Yeltsin to turn his attention back to the kkids.
"Well, now that there's another commercial, let's see… Question for Phil and Lil, if you were in Man of the House, how would you have tried to help Tommy and Chuckie?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Well when Dil started crying, me and Lillian would have probably tried to feed Dil lots of wormies." Phil replied.
"And I doubt if Dil would have liked them very much." Lil replied.
"And I bet ya when Tommy made that toy for Dil, he would have sent us off all over the house to find things we could use for it." Phil said.
"And we would have tried to add some mud and boogers to his toy, cuz we like things, good and messy!" Lil added.
"Yeah that would have been interesting. I bet it would have made a huge mess though, making Tommy and Dil's mommy mad, but yeah, sounds just about right." Boris Yeltsin said.
"By the way Boris Yeltsin, I think the dog show is almost over, cuz after the current mercial, they're handing out the ribbons." Zack said.
"Okay, well while it's still a commercial, let's see. Oh yeah, I have a question for Zack, which grown up besides your aunt would you say you get along with the most?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"I'd have to say Chuckie and Kimi's mommy Kira. She's always so nice and polite to me whenever I'm over at their house, and she's introduced me to some interesting Japanese and French food too! Even if I don't like everything I've tried as much, I'm glad I took the opportunity to try something new. And she tells excellent bedtime stories when I sleep over." Zack said.
"Nice!" Boris Yeltsin commented, as the conclusion of the dog show came back on to wrap up the program.
Luckily, Boris Yeltsin only had one last question for the adults, before they saw to waking up Lou and hopefully heading into the dining room for their big Thanksgiving feast, since the aroma was so strong of all of the foods cooking in the kitchen, that it was making everybody's stomachs gurgle and their mouths water at this point.
"Okay, I'm finally down to my last question, so after this, I promise to be quiet for a while. Question for the adults, favorite Christmas themed movie?" Boris Yeltsin asked.
"Oh that's easy. Beauty and the Beast, the Enchanted Christmas." Didi replied.
"I like that one too." Kira added.
"Me too." Lucy added.
"Well I can't really say I have a Christmas movie favorite, but A Christmas Carole is pretty good." Charlotte replied.
"That's a book dear." Drew replied.
"Well wasn't it turned into a movie too?" Charlotte asked.
"Yeah I think it starred some of the original Walt Disney characters." Stu said.
"Yeah I remember that one, but my favorite Christmas movie is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Jim Carry version." Drew replied.
"I like The Santa Clause, starring Tim Allen." Stu replied.
" Well I like Jingle All the Way." Betty replied.
"I like The Santa Clause 2." Chas replied.
"Home Alone is pretty good, especially the second one, where that little boy Kevin, gets lost in New York." Howard replied.
"I like that one too." Randy said.
"I think all of those are good, but I really like both, Santa Buddies and The Search for Santa Paws, both of which are really cute!" Celeste replied.
Just then, the dog show ended and the bell sounded, signaling that Thanksgiving dinner was finally ready.
"Okay everybody, follow me into the royal dining room, dinner, is served." Peter announced, just as Lulu got up from her spot on the couch, and ran over to Lou, who was still passed out, to shake him awake.
"Lou! Wake up!" Lulu cried, shaking him.
"What is it? Another earthquake?" Lou replied, waking up.
"No Lou, it's time for dinner." Lulu replied.
"Oh, well that's different! Come on then Lulu, let's go sink our teeth into some delicious, turkey and gravy." Lou said, standing up from the orange couch and licking his lips.
Everybody followed Peter into the dining room and took seats around the table, where all of the food was set out in casarole dishes. Before the meal began, Peter said a blessing over the food, and then, he carved the turkey. The adults went around and dished up their plates, as well as plates for their kids, and as far as beverages went, most of the adults had water, while Boris Yeltsin had tea and Celrock had a Coke, and where the kids were concerned, everybody had sparkling apple cyder, while Zack, Susie and Angelica, all had chocolate milk. Once everybody was happily settled down, with plates of food in front of them, Olaughlinhunter spoke up.
"Okay, well, now that we're all at this fine table once again with our delicious food in front of us, I have five questions I'd like to ask. First, a question for the babies. What did you all think of the Ghostbusters movie you watched at my slumber party?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"I thought it was really neat!" Tommy replied.
"Me too." Dil added.
"Me bazillion." Phil added.
"Me elevendy!" Lil added.
"Uh, I thought it was alright. I'm glad I was watching it with my bestest friend and sister though. Don't think I'd ever wanna watch a ghost movie by myself. Sounds too scary." Chuckie said.
"I thought it was cool!" Kimi cried excitedly.
"Me too, and I can't wait until nextest Halloween, when we can watch it again." Zack said.
"Well, I'm glad we have a keeper. Maybe next year come Halloween, we can watch the second Ghost Busters movie, or even the remake." Olaughlinhunter said.
"Sounds great!" Tommy cried.
"Okay, my second question is for Peter. What other season 3 episodes were you there for other than Angelica's Birthday during your break from filming in Africa post Angelica's Birthday?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Well let's see. I was around for Naked Tommy, I helped Chas, Didi and Betty put Chuckie's big boy bed together in Under Chuckie's Bed, I remember going to the Passover Seder at Boris and Minka's house, and I was around for the events of, Moving Away." Peter replied.
"I see. Interesting. My third question is for Chuckie. How do you feel that Angelica is also ascared of Shere-Kahn from the live-action Jungle Book like you are from the movie we watched at my first slumber party at the end of summer during the third playthrough of Rugrats: Search for Reptar?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"I was pretty surprised, I never would have thought that he would have scareded her. Of course, she gotted ascared in the growed up haunty house that time I was dressed up as a weirwuff for Halloween and thought I was gonna be one forever, so in that sense, when I look at it that way and compare him to some of those creepy costumes and stuff we saw there, I'm not surprised. I think the onliest reason why I wasn't ascared to go into that haunty house as I was more ascared of turning into a weirwuff if I didn't get Angelica enough candy to break the spell than the creepy peoples in costumes." Chuckie said.
"Wow I see." Olaughlinhunter said, as he stopped asking questions and went on to eat some of his dinner, while it was still warm.
Everybody sat back, eating their dinner in silence for a few minutes, while poor Dil ate tiny bites, starting to flinch in pain every so often, but nobody noticed at this point. Tommy had nearly finished everything on his plate, and just as he predicted, he was starting to grow sleepy. Olaughlinhyunter then decided after finishing the turkey and mash potatoes on his plate, to ask his second to last question.
"Sorry, wanted to take a bit of a break to eat some of this delicious dinner here that Peter's servants nicely prepared for us this Thanksgiving while it was still warm. Okay, now that my belly's satisfied for the time being, my fourth question is for Susie. How would you feel if you were raised by wolves like Mowgli and you had to sadly leave the jungle because Shere-Kahn wants to kill you like in the movie?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
Susie finished her bite of broccoli casarole in her mouth before answering Olaughlinhunter's question.
"I think I would have been very sad, not wanting to leave the jungle to go back to the human village, because it would have been the home I had known all of my life. Yep, I would have felt just like Mowgli." Susie replied.
"I see. I think had I been in Mowgli's shoes, I would have felt the same way." Olaughlinhunter added.
Everybody else at the table nodded their heads yes in agreement, as they continued to dine on their food, and Olaughlinhunter then went on to ask his last and final question.
"Okay, my last and final question is for the adults. Who did you vote for for President during the Election and how do you feel about our new president Donald Trump?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"We voted for Clinton!" All of the adults in the room cried in unison, except for Drew and Charlotte.
"Actually, Drew and I voted for Trump." Charlotte replied.
Drew nodded his head in agreement.
"And I know for certain that I can speak on behalf of everybody in this room right now who didn't vote for Trump, that none of us are very happy he won the election. To put it simply, I don't believe this man knows what he is doing." Lucy commented.
"I think he knows exactly what he's doing, and if he's going to run this country the same way I run my Mega Corp corperation, then there's no doubt we're in good hands. I give him a lot of credit for doing things, his way." Charlotte commented.
Several of the adults rolled their eyes at her in disagreement, not wishing to start an argument.
"Okay okay, enough with the politics. Does anybody else have any questions for us today as I see to having the servants bring in the chocolate pecan pie for dessert?" Peter asked, looking around the table to see that everybody had cleared their plates, including Angelica, much to his surprise.
"I have a few questions." Celrock said.
"What's up?" Zack asked.
Celrock peered over at Tommy, who let out another yawn and looked about ready to pass out in his chair, just as Peter and one of his servants returned with the chocolate pecan pie.
"Who wants pie?" Peter asked.
"Me! Me! Me!" Angelica cried.
"Now princess, that's not very polite." Drew commented.
"Me please." Angelica said.
Peter went around and handed out slices of pie to everybody, while Celrock went on to ask her first question.
"Well, I see the little ones are starting to get tired, especially Tommy, seeing he is still getting over that virus, so he gets the first question. My question for you is, in the season 8 Rugrats episode, The Big Sneeze, when you were trying to help Chuckie get rid of his sneezes, you made a comment about that time you had really bad hiccups, and your mommy and daddy gave you a bunch of tips to get rid of them. Were you referring to the season 4 episode, Hiccups, when you got a very bad case of the hiccups, and you learned that the only way to get rid of them was to be scared?" Celrock asked.
"Yeah I was how did you know." Tommy said.
"Well, you then went on to get Phil and Lil to help you scare Chuckie, but while I understand it had been a while since that had happened, and I understand you guys don't have the best long-term memories in the world, I do have a correction to make. It wasn't your mommy and daddy who helped you get rid of those hiccups Tommy. It was actually Angelica, and her scare machine, though not in the way it was intended to work." Celrock said.
"Oh." Tommy said.
"Yeah I remember. All of the stuff I used for my stupid machine fell on top of me and Tommy wondered if I was okay, and I let everyone know that I'm not some scaredy baby. His hiccups were then gone, and a few minutes later, well it was my turn to have the hiccups." Angelica commented.
"Yeah I remember, you had hiccups at the very end of the episode." DemonAloisTrancy commented.
"Oh okay. Yeah, guess I had forgotted about that a little bit then." Tommy said, letting out another yawn, the other toddlers following close behind.
"It's okay. Now, my next question is for Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Angelica, Susie, Kimi and Dil. Of course, I don't know why I'm still asking this question, since the posting I saw on Facebook last week about a possible revival of your series has since been deleted, but if your series were to come back, would you want to kick it off with a made for TV movie or a regular single or double length episode, and what would you want to have happen in your big return to the TV?" Celrock asked.
"I want a regular old episode, where we celebrate Spike's birpday, since we never did a episode about that." Tommy replied.
"I want a made for TV movie where I celebrate my firstest birpday and become a big baby, being more interesting on the show and not just pooping and drooling all the time." Dil replied.
"I want a movie too, only we all go to where I came from, Japan!" Kimi cried.
"How about a regular old episode, okay, our second Mother's Day special, where it's my firstest Mother's Day with my new mommy Kira." Chuckie said.
"I want Reptar in our episode or movie when we come back. And me and Lillian will play in the mud and eat lots of bugs." Phil said.
"Nuh uh Phillip, member, when we metted the Strawberries, I decided to become a vegetableatarian. I'm all for Reptar, but if we go back to the TV, no more bug eating for me." Lil said, as Phil glared at his sister looking very disappointed.
"How about a reboot of the Moving Away episode, only this time, all of you dumb babies move away and I get to go to preschool everyday, never having to see you babies ever again, ultimately, bringing back my canceled spinoff series instead." Angelica said.
"What? That's not nice Angelica. I like the babies, though I think I'd rather a regular episode of the show. Not sure what I want to have happen in it though. Oh I know, maybe an episode to feature both, me and Taffy, since I only appeared with you guys and her in the Tales from the Crib specials, I wasn't in any of the episodes to feature Taffy during our final TV season." Susie replied.
"Wow! Those are all some interesting ideas, and I think they'd all be interesting episodes or made for TV movies, if they were to happen someday." Celrock said, just as Dil let out a huge cry of pain upon finishing his pie.
"What's wrong Dilly?" Tommy asked.
"My tummy hurts!" Dil cried, holding his stomach, looking similarly to how Tommy did at theblindwriter95's birthday party a few days ago.
"Oh no! I gotted Dilly sick!" Tommy cried, running over to his brother and trying to comfort him.
"I'm sorry, Dil." Tommy said, trying to calm him down.
"Oh goodness sweetie, are you all right?" Didi said, getting up from her seat and rushing over to where Tommy and Dil were huttled together.
Didi picked up Dil and felt his forehead.
"Oh dear Stu, looks like we're going to have to leave early. I'm terribly sorry everyone, but looks like Dil has come down with the virus." Didi said.
"Oh no!" Olaughlinhunter cried.
"What about tomorrow night's Search for Reptar playdate we have rescheduled for Olaughlinhunter's place?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, what about it?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Let's just see how Dil is doing tomorrow. I can always send Tommy if I can't send Dil." Didi said, as she, Stu, her parents, and her two boys saw to packing up their things and leaving Peter's castle.
"Well I'm sorry they had to leave early, but it looked like Tommy was about ready to pass out anyway. So Celrock, while we see to finishing up our dessert, anymore questions?" Peter asked.
"Actually, not so much a question, but more of, a bone I need to pick with Betty, and a suggestion for her should the series ever come back." Celrock said.
"What is it?" Betty asked.
"In the future, could you please not be so lazy with Phil and Lil?" Celrock asked.
"Lazy, when was I ever lazy with my pups." Betty snapped.
"Well, DemonAloisTrancy and Nairobi-harper along with myself were chatting the other night on Facebook, and we're all in agreement that you were very lazy with your kids in terms of how you treated them in the Acorn Nuts and Diapied Butts episode. I mean really! Buying extra puffy diapers and making Phil and Lil wear them just because they were on sale? Do you know how ridiculous that was? I would have understood having them wear a pair to prevent leaking into those vegetable costumes they wore in the fall parade, but making those poor kids suffer for days on end up until the parade was just, wrong. Especially since you just, happen to run out of the sale diapers after the parade, returning them to the old diapers. I know it's too late to do anything about it now, but my suggestion to you would have been to only make them wear those diapers on the day of the parade, and that be it." Celrock explained.
"Well, I don't appreciate you telling me here how to raise my kids, but after Howard telling me how they managed to escape their diapers and nearly make a mess on our living room carpet, I knew right then the diapers were a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion though, but please, think before you speak next time." Betty hissed.
"I think Celrock is right, I don't think you should have made your kids wear such uncomfortable diapers for days on end either, and had Didi not have to run out of here with a sick child, she'd most certainly agree with me." Lucy said.
"I agree with Celrock." Kira said.
"Me too." Celeste said.
"Well I agree with Betty. How dare you go criticize her like that. She did give Phil and Lil their old diapers back at the end of the episode." Olaughlinhunter commented.
"Hey, you had your beef with Charlotte and the whole, dirt in her house incident, now it's my turn." Celrock said.
"Enough! Enough! Enough!" Peter shouted, getting everybody at the table to calm down.
"All right. Look, I understand we all have different views on how to raise children, but as a king, where I guess you could consider the people of my kingdom as my children, let me just state that I'm not going to take sides here. Yes, I agree that what Betty did was not right, but she never used those diapers on Phil and Lil again after that, so if I were you, I'd apologize to her Celrock." Peter said.
Celrock slowly turned her gaze to Betty, and realized that Peter was right.
"I'm sorry for criticizing you like that. I just, don't think you treated Phil and Lil very fairly in that episode, and was only making a suggestion of how you could have handled things differently is all." Celrock said apologetically.
"Agreed." Nairobi-harper and DemonAloisTrancy said in unison.
"All right, I'll forgive you." Betty said.
"Good." Celrock said with a smile, as everybody saw to getting up from the table, and seeing it was starting to grow late in the afternoon, and the other toddlers were nearly ready for their nap at this point, everybody saw to piling into their cars and heading for home, from another awesome Thanksgiving feast together.
Even Angelica was pleased that she got to stay for dessert, unlike at the previous year's feast, when TCKing12 put her in time out, and she had to leave early.
And this, ends chapter 37. Hope you all enjoyed it, and, more to come soon!