As we went to math club yesterday, Eva suddenly looked up and went

[conuly]

"Oh, no! I'm still wearing my cat ears! Now everybody will think I'm weird!"

Me: No, they won't. This is a normal thing for ten year olds to do.
Eva: Yeah, inside the HOUSE! When I'm cosplaying!
Me: Now, saying cosplaying may not be that normal for ten year olds. I think the more usual term might be "dressing up".
Eva: No, that's just the baby word. The real word is cosplay.

She was dead serious about the last part, too.

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Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

When my daughter was 13, she was wearing her first real sword at the Renaissance Faire, but when she was climbing over a bridge, it started to slip from its scabbard, and she caught it by the blade. So, we had to go to the ER - she, her 'sister, and me - where, fortunately, they only super-glued the cut closed instead of her having stitches. I didn't realize till we were on the way home that we all still had our latex Elf ears on. LOL, oh well!

[conuly]

Stories like this are why I never, ever catch things.