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The Rubberbandians

Simcha Fisher - published on 05/20/15

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Or, Why You Should Have a Bunch of Weird Kids and a Giant Dog.

I had to run to the pharmacy, and when I got  home, this is what met me in the driveway.

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The little one shouted, “WE ARE RUBBERBANDIANS, AND HAVE SPEARS!”

Note that they all have rubber bands on their foreheads (or, as the three-year-old calls them, “our brains.”

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Also note the progress of the dog. We sometimes sing the Little Mermaid song in Boomer’s voice, and it goes, “ME WANT TO BE WHERE THE PEOPLE BE.”

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The dog did not have a rubber band on his brain, but he totally would have gone along with it, if that’s what his girls wanted.

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Even if it would have left a mark. Which it did.

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Kids. Dogs. Sticks. I rest my case.

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