Leap Day

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"Come on, boys! It's leap day, not sleep day!" Phil yelled bursting in Luke's room

Interview

"I love leap day!"

"It's kind of a big deal in the Dunphy house. This year, we even got Manny involved" Phil and Claire explained

"You're given this gift of 24 extra hours. You can't waste it at work or school. You have to do something extraordinary, something shocking" Phil continued

"Mm. This year, the entire family is taking a trapeze class" Claire said

"How extraordinary is that?" Phil asked

"It was my idea" Claire said

"How shocking is that?" Phil asked again

"I can be spontaneous every four years" Claire said

"I can't wait"

End Interview

In the kitchen

"So is this safe?" Manny asked

"It's a trapeze"

"Relax. More people are k*lled by Knife-wielding strangers than from trapezing" Luke and Phil told him

"I'm thinking about going home now" Manny said

"Honey, are you okay?" Phil asked Claire who was crying while watching TV

"I'm fine. I'm watching...It's so sad"

"Oh, no. Not today" Phil wishpered

"What's wrong?" Luke asked

"Nothing. No, your mom's just, uh...
Feeling emotional" Phil told him

"She was like this last month and the month before and the month before" Luke spoke

"No, no, no, no!" Sophie yelled while entering the kitchen

"Hey, sweetie what's wrong?" Phil asked

"I can't study! Me! It's this house it's not making me comfortable enough to study!" Sophie yelled

"You've been studying here for 12 years and you've always done great" Phil said in a confused tone

"Are you trying to tell me-Oh, my God, what is that it's so sad!" Sophie said referring to the program Claire was watching and started crying while sitting on the couch

"Oh, no, please no" Phil wishpered and then Haley entered the kitchen talking to the phone

"What?! I could kill someone! No, I can't hear you! This stupid phone gets no reception in this stupid house! Aah!" Haley yelled

"Dear God, no" Phil wishpered again

Interview

"I'd heard rumors. Yeah, we all had, that females living or working in close quarters could eventually get on the same... cycle. But I always assumed that was a story designed to keep women out of submarine corps" Phil said

End Interview

"This isn't milk. What's wrong with me today? My brain's not working right" Alex said

"No" Phil wishpered

"I can't focus...Three legs?" Alex said referring now to the program Claire, Sophie and Haley were watching and went to sit with them

"It's not fair" Haley said, they were all crying

"I know" Sophie said

"Oh, no! It's sad" Claire spoke

"Oh, my God. They're gonna ruin everything" Luke wishpered to Phil and Manny

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