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• Сб, 09:15: Things i never get tired of watching @cell23 goofing around with his daughter.

Life lessons, derailed

[cell23 is trying to explain to Kidzilla why she and Lil'Beast shouldn't play with doors.]

cell23: So my cousin B and his sister K... you remember K, right?

Kidzilla: No?

Me: Yeah you do, she tried to dunk you into an ice bucket at that one party.

Kidzilla: Oh. [makes face] Yeah.

cell23: Yeah she's kind of a pain. Anyway they were about you guys' age and one day they were playing, and B swung a door shut real fast, and K's thumb was still in the way. It didn't come off exactly, but it did pop the joint out and they thought she might have to lose the thumb. Luckily she didn't have to. And THAT is why I don't want you two playing with doors.

Me: Of course, if she didn't have a thumb, she wouldn't be dunking anyone into ice buckets...

Kidzilla: Yeah!

cell23: YOU ARE NOT HELPING.

Nerdage, The Next Generation

Last time the kids were here (somewhat before all the lights went out), Kidzilla was taking quite an interest in cell23's D&D monster manuals. Generally a good sign your kids need to be talked to about the dangers of owlbears, as he put it on twitter. Very important conversation a parent needs to have with their children. Anyway, cell23 downloaded RPGKids from DriveThruRPG and this evening he ran it for us.



( Some parents take their kids to church. Others teach their kids how to beat up orcs. )

Lil'Beast tanked like a BOSS, by the way. Also rolled like, 3 12s in a row on 12 siders. What. He usually has trouble with game rules and when his turn is and what to do when it is his turn, but this he got into with a little practice and very little problem, so I'm impressed with both him and the game. Now if we could just get him to keep the dice ON the table, lol.

We played through the first adventure and defeated the evil wizard that was turning the townspeople into frogs, and there was much rejoicing (yay). Immediately afterward both kids declared they loved it and wanted to play the next adventure. We might do that tomorrow.

I've never seen cell23 prouder.