Spike Cannon, Part 2
Beth: [age 4] "Remember, I'm Spike Cannon, the superhero!"
Mom: "What does Spike Cannon wear?"
Beth: "She has a cape that is brown and blue, and she has black hair."
Luke: [age 7] "Does she wear anything else besides a cape? Or is she a naked superhero?"
Beth: "She's not naked! But her cape is sparkly. She has a dress with all these fire decorations and power decorations on it. And a hat."
Mom: "What kind of hat?"
Beth: "It's like that hat you wear to the beach..."
Mom: "A sun hat?"
Beth: "Yes! A sun hat. But it has fire decorations and sparkles."
Luke: "Does she wear boots?"
Beth: "She doesn't wear boots. She wears a special kind of shoes that I made up. I can fly with them. They have fire wings this wide." [stretches hands out] "She also wears pants. And socks! I almost forgot socks."
Mom: "You can fly?!"
Beth: "Yes. I'll show you sometime. But not today."
Most powerful
Beth: [age 3] "I am a fire princess. I am the most powerful fire princess in the world."
Grandma: "Oh, Beth. You know what is the most powerful thing about you? The love you have in your heart."
Beth: [firmly] "No, Grammy. The most powerful thing about me is that I can make a fire tornado that shoots out of my hands to kill predators. Not love."
Rainbow king
Beth: [age 3] "Luke, you're the Rainbow King and I'm the Rainbow Princess. Let's fight! I'm shooting rainbow bombs up in the sky at you!" [waves hands at the sky]
Luke: [age 7] "I'm not the Rainbow King. I'm the Fire King. I shoot balls of fire out of my hands."
Beth: "Maybe you're the Fire Rainbow King."
Luke: "Oh yeah! Fire that comes in different colors! I like it! Boom boom boom!" [points hands at Beth]
Beth: "But my rainbows can beat your fire."
Luke: "We'll see about that."