“Do you know where my shoes are?”

“I think I saw them under the big dinosaur on the playground, Desmond.”

“Okay, Bob.”

“I’ll go with you, Desmond, because I’m the oldest.”

“What are you going to do while I’m at school today, Mom?”

“I’m going to a lady store. I might need a new dress.”

“You don’t need a new dress, you want a new dress.”

“That’s very true. I have taught you well, young Padawan.”

“Mom, I’m not a Jedi.”

“Yet.”

“Mom, when we get home I’m going to set up my clone army.”

“When we get home I’m going to have a cup of coffee.”

“You drink too much coffee, Mom.”

“Why do you say that?”

“I just think it’s too much.”

“I think it’s barely enough.”

“You really need to make better choices.”

“We’re on number three, Felix”

“No, we’re on four.”

“Three.”

“Four. This is the fourth bag, Bob.”

“Oh, I thought we were talking about instruction manuals.”

“We’re talking about bags and we’re on the fourth one.”

“Okay but we’re on the third manual. Where’s the bag?”

“Where’s the manual?”

“This is the coolest set ever.”

“I know.”

“See this character, Mom? This is Chi Eekway Papanoida. She’s a senator from Pantora, the moon of Orto Poltunia. She wears a cloak covered in Wroonian healing stones. She was an advisor to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine during the Clone Wars. Did you get that?”

“Mom, I made this picture at school.”

“Very cool. Tell me about it.”

“It’s me and Desmond and Felix and we’re at Imagination World and everything’s chocolate, like chocolate balloons are there and a chocolate car and the sky is chocolate and we’re standing on chocolate mountains.”

“Where is Imagination World?”

“It’s the world inside my head, inside my imagination.”

“I want to go there.”

“Mom, you know how Abraham Lincoln grew up in the 1800s years century?”

“Yes.”

“And you grew up in the 1900s years century?”

“Okay.”

“And I’m in the 2000s years century?”

“Yep.”

“I bet in the three years century everyone had to poo in a hole.”

“Wow. I did not see that coming.”

“Yeah, like a hole in the dirt because there weren’t toilets or anything.”

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“Dad where are we? There’s no traffic or buildings.”

“We’re just getting off the freeway here and making a right.”

“Now we’re in a neighborhood.”

“Yep.”

“Okay, now there’s stores and everything, I guess.”

“I told you.”

“Hey, Mom? Is Dad going the right way?”

“I heard that.”

“Sorry, Dad… But, Mom is he?”

“Mom, today at school Su-Hyun said that she and Mateo are going to get married when they grow up.”

“She did? What did Mateo say about that?”

“He said that it was too early to be thinking about it but I think he was maybe a little embarrassed that she told everyone already.”

“Well, he was right. It’s a little early to be deciding about marriage.”

“I hope Delilah didn’t hear about it.”

“Why?”

“This is the kind of information that makes her get all crazy. She’s a little crazy, mom.”