who| Heidi Petrelli and OPEN to Peter Petrelli and other Hyperion Residents/Allies what| The art of Motherly Warfare. when| Afternoon; During the Age-Reduction Amnesia Candy Calamity. where| The Hyperion; LA rating| PG (There's people who think they're children!) status| Thread, Open, and Incomplete
Prying the last pieces of packing tape and plastic bag bits from her hands and hair, Heidi stood back and surveyed her arsenal.
Six Playstations, three pounds of Play-Doh, eight barbies, twelve Lego sets, ten movies(Ranging from Disney to GI Joe, and several other options in-between.), ten cardboard boxes large enough to accomodate the average male adult, two dozen Hot Wheels, six Transformers, every spare pillow in the Hyperion, fifteen one-dollar packs of water pistols, and enough juice boxes to slake the thirst of an army of third graders.
Distribution began as soon as the last of the Playstations were plugged in, and took six trips down the elevator to the lobby with a dolly loaded to the handles. Half of the key to good parenting was keeping your children occupied, and while she hadn't had as much experience with teenagers as this might have required, she hoped having delt with her two youngest and Peter would be enough to see her through it. If not? There was no better time to pick up tricks for Monty and Simon's inevitable teen years like the present (They were likely to have powers when they got older, after all. Best to learn how to talk a tempermental teenager down from a nuclear fit before their hormones hit.)
"Alright, everyone!" Heidi had put on her very best 'Fun Mother' tone, "Come grab something to play with--and those of you using the water pistols, stick to the room we've set aside for them upstairs, or carpeted areas. We don't want anyone slipping and busting something on the tiles. We can dry the carpet, but if anyone ends up bleeding, it will be those responsible cleaning it up. If anyone wants to watch a movie, group up over there," She indicated one of the lobby couches, "And I'll get the popcorn started."