Twins, Dozens, and the Phantom of the Opera

For those of you that don't know, I homeschool my kids Esther and Micah. History is a favorite subject for all of us. We are currently studying Ancient Civilizations and we have moved from nomadic tribes up to the 12 tribes of Egypt. My son Micah Abraham was really exctied today as we learned about Abraham being the "Father of Many Nations". He kept asking if he would be a "Father of many nations" too. I said I didn't know that was up to God, him, and his future wife, lol. Well later that afternoon after nap time we went for a walk to the park. Esther was carrying a basket she got from her Oma Kay to go with a Little Red Riding Hood outfit she got this weekend. Micah got a Phantom of the Opera cape (he LOVES the Phantom of the Opera!). With the basket in tow we set off and the kids began a game of make believe. This is something they are WONDERFUL at! Much better at it than I was as a child.
The cast:
Isis- played by Esther, was an ancient Egyptian God, married to Osiris, and mother to Horas
Horas- Played by Micah, father of 12 boys (Like Jacob, and the 12 tribes of Egypt at least for the purposes of todays make believe)
Gabriella- the air, and then later played by Esther, lead girl in High School Musical, Isis' daugther riding in Little Red Riding Hood's basket covered up with a blanket. She is 1 inch tall.
The Phantom of the Opera- Micah and the father of 13 sons
The POTOpera's mean brother- the air

The story goes something like this.....

Isis was carrying her baby, Gabriella in a basket. She needed to be careful when she walked because she was trying to keep her hidden from the vampire that wanted to kill her by putting her in his tummy. But before long Jacob came up and needed to talk to Isis because his dogs had killed her knights. "I am so sorry, I gave them spankings and they won't do it anymore." Isis replied, "It's okay! My knights are magic and they aren't dead anymore."
Jacob was very happy because his wife had another baby in her tummy and it was going to be another boy! Isis was so happy for him!

Intermission (crossing a kind of busy street... a school zone!)
Now Esther is playing as Gabriella and Gabriella is NOT Isis' daughter anymore.
Micah is now playing the Phantom of the Opera.

The Phantom of the Opera spotted Gabriella up ahead and ran to catch up. Something definately was wrong. "Gabriella, my brother, the mean Phantom of the Opera has killed your baby." Gabriella was not shocked. Nor was she upset, she simply sighed and said, "Phantom of the Opera, my baby is NOT dead. Horus and Isis are fine. They are right here in my basket that my grandmother gave to me." She reached into the (empty) basket and pulled back the (imaginary) blanket and shrieked!!! "No my baby is dead! How could you mean Phantom of the Opera?!" The Phantom of the Opera immediately cut her off, "No, listen to me Gabriella! I didn't do it! It was my BROTHER the mean Phantom of the Opera. I have 12 sons and will be a good guy. My brother did it and my dogs killed him so he can't kill us anymore!"

This is one of the first playtimes I can remember when Micah had a dog kill the bad guy. Usually he has his soldiers or a teenage mutant ninja turtle do it.

The afternoon was ended with popcicles and kids spending another hour in the backyard running and playing. One was wearing a Phantom of the Opera cape, and the other a head band and a Little Red Riding Hood.