Today's Challenge: Keep a Straight Face So That Reprimands Are Taken Seriously

Surely not my bright and articulate children!

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Maren: "I know a singer that has your name, Papa. Not your nickname, but your real name. Her name is Elizabeth Mitchell."

Mitch: "Yes, you're right."

Maren: "You have a nickname.... Did I ever have any nicknames?"

Mel: "When you were a baby, I used to call you Boober."

Maren: "You did?!" (uproarious laughter issues forth from both children)

Mel: "Yep."

Malcolm: (giggling) "Did you call me Pooper, too?"

Mel: "Not Pooper! Boober!"

Malcolm: "Did you call me that because I had a lot of poop?"

Mel: "Not Pooper! Boober!"

Maren: "Pooper!"

Mel: "No, Boober!"

Malcolm and Maren: "Pooper!"

Mel: "This is not appropriate for the dinner table, guys."

Malcolm and Maren: "Pooper!" (both completely dissolve into I-can't-go-on laughter)