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A '73 Corvette Stingray Coupe

that I restored myself.

- So...

- Nice.

Yeah. Yeah, I had it bored

and stroked to a 383.

- Got about 400 horsepower in that...

- I thought we were in a rush?

Yeah, yeah, we are.

And we're taking the minivan.

So, bedtime is nine o'clock.

Jacob can stay up till 9:30

but only to read.

They so should go down easy

because we had soccer practice today.

This one had ballet.

Any allergies or medications

I should know about?

- No, nothing like that.

- Nope, good genes.

You have to watch Christopher

brush his teeth.

Otherwise he just eats the toothpaste.

There he is. This is Jake, our oldest.

- Jake, this is Anna, the new sitter.

- Hi, Jake.

Say hello.

- Hey.

- A wealth of conversation.

He's mad at me because I took away his...

what is it called, hand-held DX thing.

Where is my good coat?

Is it upstairs or where is it?

Right in front of you.

Alright, kids, gather around.

Where's Christopher?

- Christopher!

- It's your anniversary!

- Say goodnight.

- Goodnight.

- Nighty night!

- Alright, listen up, you three.

Anna here is in charge, okay?

You be good and do what she says. Capiche?

- Ka-peach.

- Ka-peach, ka-peach, ka-peach!

- Good night, guys.

- Good night.

- Home by eleven.

- Enjoy your meal. Happy anniversary!

- Thank you. Bye guys, I love you!

- Love you.

Love you, too!

What shall we play?

- Do you want to draw?

- No.

What do you want to do?

We could play board games?

- We could do make-up.

- No! I'm a boy!

Can we get ice cream?

Oh, let's play dress-up!

Yes, let's play dress-up!

You coming, Jacob?

Don't bother.

Jacob never plays with us anymore.

Dress-up's for girls, Chris.

Okay, what dress should I wear?

- This one, this one, or this one?

- That one!

- Which?

- This one.

- Right?

- That's awesome!

That's the best darn dress

that I ever saw!

And then she becomes queen.

And so then they can't decide

who's gonna be queen again...

So why don't they play 'rock

paper scissors says shoot?'

- They can't play rock paper scissors.

- Oh, yeah.

And so then they decide

that they're both gonna rule together.

Hey, guys.

What if I told you...

that you don't have to be a boy,

or a girl, or a human,

or really anything?

You can be whatever you wanted.

And all you had to do was pretend.

Because pretending is this...

super power we all have.

When we pretend,

we can be anyone we want to be.

When you get really good at it...

people won't even know

you're pretending anymore.

- I wanna play pretend!

- Good.

Cool room.

It's alright.

Lemur-boy?

You ever read Death Vice?

No. Mom and Dad say it's too violent.

Well, your parents aren't here

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