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I love that Dwight and Angela named their child "Heike". That's just...priceless. In the words of Kevin? Niiiiiice. (;

Author's Response:

It's a good (although not very common) German name, pronounced "Hike-ah."  Let's just say I knew a Heike once.  So I wanted to come up with something a bit odd, and with the Amland (Amish) background...  Heike was a fun fit.  Wouldn't Urkelgrue have been funny, too? :)  But Urkelgrue isn't a real name, as far as I know, so I went with believable but odd.  ("Mose"' for example -- believable but odd.)

Hey, cool.  I just found out from wikipedia (best thing ever) that Heike is also a Japanese clan name.  That is priceless for Dwight's kid.  Er... I mean... I knew all along about that Japanese connection... that's how smart I am. ;) 

Thanks for reading and reviewing, gamesetmatch. 

Kev, this made me smile! Not only does it take place on my 40th birthday (yikes) but it TOTALLY fulfills my jones for Schrute/Halpert 2nd generation best friends! I love writing them and reading them, this made me very happy. Fine work!

Author's Response:

Isn't it fun to think of the Halpert/Schrute BFFs?  Holding hands, skipping down the sidewalk, with the parents following behind thinking "how did this happen?" ;)

I'll be nearing 60 (hopefully) when this one takes place, so... I see your yikes and raise you a yowza. ;) 

I'm glad you liked this, and thank you for my Stanley Dundie.  (Was that intentional?  I enjoyed it regardless of intent.)  Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, McGigi! 

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I love the name "Heike" - so cute!  And how sweet that Laura obviously has her dad wrapped around her little finger!  And the "new pet graveyard" was so funny!

Author's Response:

Heike's a real German name, pronounced HIGH-kah.  I wanted to give her a similar name to Dwight's cousin Heindl.  The name was a little bit of a hint of the 'reveal' at the end, as were the little blond girls and the mother who likes a good value. ;)

You know that Jim will be crazy about his kids and happy to take them out and spoil them silly.  The new pet graveyard -- man, you can write anything about the Schrutes!  Nothing compares to 'beet wine' and Mose having nightmares since 'the storm,' and all sorts of things we've seen on the show. :)  Schrutes are fun to write about.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, kaystar! 

Aww that was so cute! I love how Laura clings to her dad, wanting him to take her for her haircut. And Heike is a Schrute!! Heehee! =)

Author's Response:

Ha!  It's not that she clings to dad, it's that she knows dad will spoil her rotten! ;)  Dwight has a cousin Heindl, and I sort of thought it would be fun to give a Dwangela kid a similar name.  Heike is an actual German name.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, FinerThings! :) 

The new graveyard? Who is buried there? The questions, they haunt me! I love that the Halperts and the Schrutes ares still so entangled.

Author's Response:

Ha!  It's the new pet graveyard.  Hopefully, Dwight has learned not to mercy-kill Angela's pets, but she's bound to still have pets, so I imagine there's a need on Schrute Farms for a pet graveyard. 

It's fun to imagine that Jim and Pam's child and Dwight and Angela's child are BFFs.  It would be fitting, in a way, and riotous to see the parents have to deal with each other.  (Would Pam let Laura stay over at Schrute Farms?  Would Angela want Heike to stay at Chez Halpert?  Yikes!) 

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, lis! :)