Crumpled Home

(The kids have been making toys and figurines out of polycaprolactone, a non-toxic plastic that is malleable in hot water… While LR has been rapidly expanding her collection of bouncy balls and tiny dinner sets, RJ invented a new superhero… He has wings. He has a unicorn horn. He is simultaneously awesome, majestic, and devastating, and has an unparallelled ability to smell out truffles. He is… Unipig. )

RJ: Unipig soars through the air ready to fight evil!

Oh no! His ultimate enemy Doctor Zhu Zhu, an evil mutant mosquito, is attacking! He flys out of the darkness of hell to battle Unipig.

Luckily Unipig has his amazing watering trough of justice, the only weakness of evil mutant mosquitoes and Doctor Zhu Zhu drowns… Arrrgghghglurglurgblurblurrbglurrrghhh. (dramatic drowning noises).

RJ: … Most people don’t know this, but Unipig is allergic to cheese. No salty southern cheeseburgers for him. They make him throw up.

Unipig (a winged, unicorn-horned pig) takes a short break from fighting evil for a quick drink from the water trough.

Update: Polycaprolactone plastic is pretty amazing stuff and it isn’t just for the kids. We got one of the big containers from Plastimake. There are lots more ideas on how to use it at their website. Highly recommended!!!

RJ: (pointing to his foot) Cheese? Cheese…

Dad: Really?

RJ: (nodding) Cheese, cheese, cheese.

Dad: So is there something I can do to help?

RJ: (nodding) Cheese!!!!

Dad: I don’t understand… We need to find another way to communicate.

RJ: (holding up an Angry Bird) Hey! I can tell you. He’s got a mosquito bite on his foot! It’s craaaazy itchy!

(after not seeing the kids for a couple of days)

LR: (GIANT HUG) DADDY!!!!

LR: …Want to count my mosquito bites with me?

(walking back to the house)

RJ: Aaaarrrrrrrgggghh. Mozzies! I can’t stand mozzies!

Dad: I know, they’re terrible. What don’t you like about them?

RJ: After they bite me, I get so … aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh… itchy!

Dad: I’ll see if we can get some cream on that after we get inside.

RJ: Thanks.

Dad: So, can you think of a way to stop getting bitten so much?

RJ: Umm… Yes! I wish I could turn into a mosquito, then I’d be safe!

LR: (concerned) Let’s not go to Africa.

Dad: Why not?

LR: Mosquitoes. They have a lot and some of them can make you really sick.

Dad: True. We could wear repellent to keep them away though.

RJ: (alarmed) We have to go to Africa! HAVE TO!

Dad & LR: Huh?

RJ: The Pappone fish are there waiting for us! They live in the jungle cities! We have to go and see them!