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Our apartment is a child's domain, 110 matter how much I try to isolate Nic's influence to his room. The place may have New Orlean Saints jerseys been cleaned the day before, but kid-sized clothes are scattered every¬where. There arc board games (he trounced me last night in Strat- ego) and video games (we are on die penultimate level of the Legend of Zelda) and a multicolored sea of Lego in the center of the liv¬ing room. In fact, Legos are everywhere—in the silverware drawer, under couch cushions, hidden among the roots of potted plants. Once, when my printer didn't work, a serviceman determined that the problem was a Lego cog jammed behind the daisy wheel.
Awaiting the pancakes under a gallery of his paintings taped to the walls, Nic sits at the breakfast table, where he San Diego Chargers Jerseys writes on lined paper with a fat red pencil. "We got to make our own pizza at school yesterday," he says. "We could choose cheddar cheese or modern jack. Hey, do you know how to spell the ooo word? They said that Jake kissed Elena and all die kids said, 'Oooooo.' Did you know football jerseys that owls can turn their heads all New York Giants Jerseys the way around?"
I place a pancake, disappointingly average-sized, in front of him. He pours on maple syrup, making sound effects —"eeeyaaa! hot lava!"—as I NFL jerseys fix him a bag lunch of a peanut butter and jelly sand¬wich, carrot sticks, an apple, a cookie, and a juice box.
He dresses for school. While tying his shoes, he hums "Eensy Wcensy Spider." We're running late, so I hurry him along, and he's soon in the backseat of the car, spitting on his Papa Bear doll.
"What are you doing?"
"He's in the slime pit. Would you tickle my knee?"
I reach back and dig my fingers into the sides of his knee, which causes hysterics.
"OK, OK, stop. I just wanted to remember what it feels like when you're tickled."
Changing the subject, Nic asks Cleveland Browns Jerseys if he can take Klingon instead of Spanish in school.
"Why Klingon?"
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