We were in the car talking about this assignment the other day, when Berkeley was trying to name her family. She said "I'll just say 'The 'Smith' Family." I protested. No, Berk, there are so MANY "Smith" families out there. Let's try to be creative." I started giving suggestions...some serious, some silly...
"The 'Gabriella' Family?" She liked the High School Musical parallell, so I kept going...
"The 'Sharpay' Family?" She and McKenna giggled.
"The 'Montana's'?" They loved that. Hannah Montana -rocks it- at our house.
McKenna chimed in:
"The 'Shannon' Family?!" - She suggested, in honor of Aunt Shannon. She continued...
"The 'Popcorn' Family?!" "The 'Slurpee' Family?!" "The 'Cheddar' Family?!" "The 'Beef' Family?!"
Berk shared her ideas:
"The 'Rainbow' Family?! Her and McKenna giggled.
"The 'Coke' Family?!" "The 'Dr. Pepper' Family?!" "The 'Make-Up' Family?!" "The 'Bolton' Family?!" (Another HSM parallell) "The 'Earring' Family!?"
I told them some of the "different" or "memorable" last names of friend's that I've had:
In Junior High, I SWORE I would marry Jared "Walkenhorst"...just because I wanted to be "Mrs. Walkenhorst." In High School, I had a friend with the last name "Belcher". Ironically, she had the best manners out of all of us. And, most recently, one of my best friend's is currently "Mrs. Gum." Which, I love more than words can say.
Anyhow.....we were having lots of fun suggesting ideas to one another. I loved hearing the MANY things they thought of. When, all of the sudden, McKenna shouts out from the back seat:
"I KNOW!!! How about "The 'NIPPLE' Family ?!!!?!!!"
Berkeley and I are laughing so hard we almost wet ourselves.
Clearly it's time to end the "brainstorming" session.
And, while I hope, that Mr. and Mrs. Nipple live happily ever after...
I pray daily that their children "Chapped", "Pierced", and "Enlarged"
make it through school without incident.
