Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Stop hurting those animals!”
Me: “It’s just a video game, sweetie. Just pictures on a screen. I mean, it’s a blue skinned High Elf shooting giant rats with magic fireballs. Clearly this is not real life.”
LMT: “Aaaah! Stop, Drop and Roll, little guys!”
Me: “You’re taking a lot of the fun out of this.”
LMT: “Good.”
Danger Monkey, age 9: “EARTHQUAKE!!!”
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Stop shaking the table and yelling EARTHQUAKE.”
DM: “How else will your dolls learn emergency preparedness?”
LMT: “You aren’t playing Shopkins right. Nothing BAD ever happens to them!”
DM: “Then what’s the point?”
LMT: “I get to make them do whatever I want.”
DM: “That sounds BAD for them.”
LMT: “No, they like it.”
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Can I play with this keyboard?”
Me: “Sure.”
LMT: “What is CMD?”
Me: “That is an abbreviation for COMMAND.”
LMT: (eyes light up) “I have LOTS of commands to give!” (furious typing)
Me: “Oh God, what have I done?”
Very Vocal Viking 