I had to hurry and blog this before I forgot.  I’ve been sitting at my desk in the office at my house and Maren and Emma have been playing nicely, for the most part, in the living room right outside the office.  All of a sudden, some kind of argument breaks out, the screaming starts and Emma concludes the argument with “Fine!  Then I’m going to throw all of your Littlest Pet Shops out the window!”  (Littlest Pet Shops are toys that they like to play with.)

So I pull them both into the office and ask why they are arguing.  The conversation then goes like this:

Emma: “Maren won’t let my Littlest Pet Shop have super powers!”
Maren: “Littlest Pet Shops don’t have super powers!  They are pets!”

I stopped the conversation right there and told both of them to play nicely or they will have to get ready for bed.  And they turned and went back to playing.  Ten minutes later there is screaming from the living room again.  I pull them in again and get the following explanation:

Emma: “Maren says my Littlest Pet Shop can’t have heat vision, but it does!”
Maren: “Emma won’t give me back the pink hat for my kitty — and her Littlest Pet Shop can’t have heat vision because that is a boy super power and her pet is a girl!”

At this point I just turn around and suppress my laughter.  After I compose myself, I quickly remedy the situation by having Emma return the pink hat, and explaining that heat vision isn’t just for boys.  Problem solved.  I am the best problem solver in the universe…

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