My Brother Ate My Homework

Jacob frequently climbs onto a dining room chair while the other kids are doing their homework and asks for his homework. I hand him a pencil and paper and he draws/scribbles for awhile. Then he hands it to me with a cute grin and says "finished!"

Yesterday while I was helping Esther with her homework, Jacob ran to get a pencil from the drawer. He came back a few minutes later with an "uh-oh..." and held out the pencil to me.

"Homework," he said, sadly.

I looked at the pencil carefully and realized that half the eraser was missing!

"Where is the eraser, Jacob?"

"All gone. Mouth." He stuck his finger into his mouth.

"Seriously? You ate an eraser?"

"Uh-huh."

I'm not sure if he had eaten it just then or one of the previous days during homework. But one thing is for sure - he ate it all gone! What a kid...