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So one time when I was visiting them<\/em>… My sister-in-law was like\u00c2\u00a0Hey kids, you know what would be fun?\u00c2\u00a0 Aunt Rebecca can help you clean your rooms.\u00c2\u00a0 Byeeeeee….<\/em><\/p>\n

And I was like, heck yeah, we got this!<\/p>\n

Now I can put books on the bookshelf and put shoes in a pile of things that are also shoes, but a lot of the actual organizing, they have to be in charge of. So my niece is separating her clothes into Thing That Fit and Things That Don’t, and I go to help my nephew.\u00c2\u00a0 At first I offered to do all the Legos, because I know what a Lego looks like, but he’s already got all his Legos organized in a bin — I suspect that if his mom steps on a Lego she will throw it away. But there’s a huge pile of plastic toys on the floor.<\/p>\n

Me: Ok, so what are all these?<\/p>\n

Kyler: My toys.<\/p>\n

Me: Right.\u00c2\u00a0 But what types of toys am I looking at?<\/p>\n

Kyler: Toys I play with.<\/p>\n

Me: Yes. Ok, these are remote control cars. I see other remote control cars parked under the bed. Is that where they go?\u00c2\u00a0 Yes.\u00c2\u00a0 Ok.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some bouncy balls and here are some things made of Nerf. Let’s make piles of things that go together.<\/p>\n

Kyler: The Nerf things go in the Armory.<\/p>\n

Me: !?<\/p>\n

Kyler opens his closet to display a surprisingly well-organized armory of plastic swords, wooden shields, velcro darts, and Nerf munitions sufficient to storm the Bastille.\u00c2\u00a0 He directs me to collect Mighty Beanz and Bey Blades, which are easy to recognize even though I had never heard of them.\u00c2\u00a0 Meanwhile he’s made a pile of …. mini golf discs, Monopoly money, some plastic sunglasses with a nose attached, and a small notebook.<\/p>\n

Me: Kyler, you are supposed to make piles of things that go together.<\/p>\n

Kyler: These go together.<\/p>\n

Me: Well, let’s put the Monopoly money with the game.\u00c2\u00a0 Where is the game?<\/p>\n

Kyler: No, this is different money. This is (whispers) spy gear<\/em><\/p>\n

Me: Oh…. Right.\u00c2\u00a0 Ok, you are in charge of separating (whisper) Spy Gear<\/em> from Pirate Loot, and I am going to go help your sister.<\/p>\n

So it’s time to tackle Jaden’s pile of plastic toys.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s into animals, so I start assembling a pod of orcas and a pile of tiger cubs, and we could seriously be looking at a Whales v Cats Battle, but then<\/p>\n

Me: Oh my god is that a dead guinea pig!?!?<\/p>\n

Jaden: Zhuzhu<\/p>\n

Me: what?<\/p>\n

Zhuzhu: squeeeeeeeeeeeeee whoooooo purrrrrrrr squeeeeeeeeee<\/p>\n

Me: AGHHHHHHHHHHH noooooooooooooooooooo<\/p>\n

The Zhuzhu, once activated, would not be quiet, so we put it under a bucket where it rattled around in a very disturbing manner.<\/p>\n

I approach the pile of toys more cautiously in case there’s anything else alive-ish in there.<\/p>\n

Me: Tiny plastic comb?<\/p>\n

Jaden: That belongs in the Littlest Pet Shop.<\/p>\n

Me: Which one is the littlest one?<\/p>\n

Jaden: No, that’s for PollyPockets. This is the Pet Shop.<\/p>\n

Me: (Adding another plastic comb to the pet shop)<\/p>\n

Jaden: That’s for the Calico Critters.\u00c2\u00a0 And that comb is for the BuildaBear. It goes in her suitcase.<\/p>\n

The Bear’s suitcase was full of tiny plastic kittens. I did not question where the bear was going with a suitcase full of kittens.<\/p>\n

Me: What the …\u00c2\u00a0 what is this?<\/p>\n

Jaden: That’s a Furbie.<\/p>\n

Me: Don’t feed it after midnight.<\/p>\n

Jaden: ?<\/p>\n

Me: Ok, do you want this orca with the other orcas, or should I put it with the other beanie babies?<\/p>\n

Jaden: Those are webkins, actually.<\/p>\n

Me: I thought these were webkins?<\/p>\n

Jaden: Those are shopkins.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00c2\u00a0 Ok, let me just check this. Poly Pockets, Calico Critters, Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop,\u00c2\u00a0 Beanie Babies, Mighty Beanz,<\/p>\n

Jaden: those are Kyler’s<\/p>\n

Me: Right. Ok, zhuzhu, furbie, zooble, webkins, shopkins, and what are these?<\/p>\n

Jaden: Squinkies.<\/p>\n

Me: YOU ARE JUST MAKING THIS UP THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SQUINKY<\/p>\n

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