Nov 15
Stephanie having dinner downstairs and watching her show as a special treat, calls up “what can I have for dessert?”
Cruel father: “You can have bupkiss, nada, or niente!”
Kind mother: “You can have some of your Halloween candy.”
A few minutes later, Stephanie upstairs: “I’m going to have a Bob Kiss!”
Me: “A what?”
Her: “A Bob Kiss! One of these!” – and rummaging around in her gift bag from the birthday party on Saturday, she pulls out some chocolate treat or another. “This! This is a Bob Kiss! Daddy said I could have one for dessert!”
A Bob Kiss it is, angel.
Aug 27
My adorable six-year old was concerned about burglars and/or robbers. She said “I need something to use against them if they come.”
I said “you mean like a weapon or something?”
“No. I don’t want to do it myself. Something would do it for me. I would have like a metal detector all around the house, because robbers usually have metal. Yes. They have either guns or swords. Mostly swords. I would have a TV in my room and it would show what was in the detectors. And I would know if they were up to no good.”
I agreed that this was a sound concept.
“And then when I saw them, lasers would shoot out and kill them.”
As a geek, and as a heartless Republican, I am so doubly proud of my little robber-killing engineer.
Jun 30
“Daddy, can you help me put on my goggles?”
“Sure.” (Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle.) “Are you a superhero?”
“Yes.”
“Really? What’s your super power?”
“I can do karate.” (Demonstration of awesome hand-waving skills.)
“Yeah? What’s your point total and build?”
“150, heavy DEX and skill focus, plus stealth adds.”
OK, the last part of the exchange I made up. But it’s only a matter of time.
