Kurt, Tork & Karma

It's a bit embarassing when my children insist on playing in character based on whatever movies they've been watching. Lately it's Hot Wheels. Things weren't impossibly bad when they decided they wanted to be called Kurt and Tork after their favorite race car drivers. But then they wouldn't answer to their real names. And then they decided MY name would be Karma instead of Mommy, which earned us some strange looks in public. But now that they've perfected the art of staying in character and using their imaginations throughout the day when they play with each other, they've settled on their absolute favorite names, and won't change them. So now when we're at the park playing and the other kids ask, innocently, what their names are, they don't even hesitate: Pork Chop and Monkey Man. Lovely. Just what every mom dreams of!