Crumpled Home

LR is in the kitchen helping Dad get dinner ready. Music is playing and things are relatively calm. All of a sudden, RJ goes zooming past, dancing like a crazy guy.

Dad: LR! What is he doing?

LR: I don’t know… I think it’s… musical statues?

The music stops and RJ freezes.

RJ: Yeah! I’m controlling the music and I’m playing musical statues… Against MYSELF!

The music starts again and RJ resumes whirling.

Dad: What a cool idea! Who’s winning?

RJ: I AM!!!

LR: (with a grin) Yeah? But who’s losing?

The music stops, bringing RJ to a halt.

RJ: (sadly) That’s me. I’m losing…

RJ: (devious grin) … But I think I have discovered a trick!

The music resumes and away he goes.

LR stirs the sauce and takes a look to make sure it's simmering nicely.

A couple of weeks ago, LR’s teacher gave the class an assignment. Cook some food and document the procedure, including ingredients and all the steps required to make it. LR took this on board, and then (in her usual manner) decided to kick it up a notch — she’d invite her teacher over for dinner to eat it with us!

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(Looking at LR’s new learning-to-draw book)

LR: That werewolf is really scary, daddy. I don’t like it.

Dad: Yeah, they made him pretty freaky looking.

RJ: I love werewolves. I like it when they hide.

Dad: Have you seen them hiding around here?

RJ: Yes. In the… in the kitchen.

Dad: In the kitchen?

RJ: Well they use their magic and turn into a tortoise, or vegetables, or magnets, or a picture… and… and…

Dad: Yeah?

RJ: (whispering) One time I saw him turn into a fridge.

(while packing school lunches in the kitchen)

RJ: (blocking doorway with his arms) Watch out! Laser beams here! You can’t get through!

Dad: Hey RJ, where do you get all your laser beams from?

RJ: Not me! I didn’t put them there. The bad guys did.

Dad: Riiiight. So where do they get their laser beams from?

RJ: The Bad Guy Shop. We can’t go there.

Dad: Why not?

RJ: You need a disguise. Then you sneak in and then growl. Grrrrr.

Dad: Then they’ll let us buy stuff?

RJ: Yes. Then we can get our own laser beams… and a cannon. If we put it out in our big tree, it can shoot the bad guys and stop them from putting in more laser beams.

Bad guys not welcome here