After this email, I'm considering going back to actively supporting giant hamster balls for people to play in. This poor little tyke took a backhand to the face, but by his expression he seems more bewildered than offended by the whole ordeal.

"Last night I was playing Baseball on the Wii. Our son (Colin) is always 'playing' with us with a Bob the Builder figure in his hands. I took a full swing at the batting place and knocked my son with my hand on his head. My ring on my finger left a brising on his head. -Marcel"

We're going to assume that Marcel mean "bruising" rather than "brising" and it does look like Colin is going to have a little bit of bump on his head. Unfortunately for Colin he doesn't know that he's now in a position to ask Dad for anything right now. What's that Colin? You want Dad to buy you and entire metropolis of Bob the Builder figures? Well since he just accidentally hit you on the noggin, I guess he'll have to. Too bad for Colin, he doesn't understand the finer points of childhood manipulation. Oh well, that will come with time.