Why is it that anytime my kids (one in particular) are "into" something it travels the EXTREMES of that interest? We wholly absorb every facet almost EVERY waking moment of EVERY day. We began our Saturday morning...FIRST THING...with a full Star Wars invasion!!!
What had been months and months of Harry Potter is now TOTALLY Star Wars. I think the kids at school are contributing to the shift in theme. All I ever hear when I am around their class are Star Wars conversations. Cracks me up. :)
That said, Mr. D decided to take his Easter money and some of his allowance he had been saving to buy a new light saber. Really? Is that ACTUALLY necessary when he has an ENTIRE Star Wars backpack FULL of them? How does the one pictured in Exhibit A (below) differ from any of the other "blue" ones he already has? Apparently, Obi-Wan Kenobe and Luke Skywalker have different light sabers which are both entirely different than the blue dual sabers he has as well. I'm going on record to say they look totally the same to me. However, this new one did come with a battle DVD and he has had a BLAST with it since he picked it out after school yesterday. :) By 9:30 this morning, Mr. D had been Darth Vadar, Anakin Skywalker, a Clone Trooper, Commander Rex, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, a Jedi Youngling and (of course) Luke Skywalker. Does this seem excessive?
Exhibit A: Luke Skywalker
Exhibit B: Princess Leia
On the plus side, they are both into these things together, but I have to say that our Little Man is having a larger influence on the direction these obsessions are taking. Little Miss A is such a good sport that she just goes with the flow. She does make a lovely Leia and adds all sorts of elaborate touches to her costume: gorgeous shoes that were covered up by her dress in the picture above, hair...detailed braided buns (totally Leia style), make up, nails and jewelery too. :)
She does still have her own individual interests though. She opted for a new Princess Jasmine costume with her Easter money since the one Grandma bought her got ruined one night when Little Miss A slept in it. Fitful night's sleep...who knows? (On a side note I'm so glad we were able to find one. We couldn't find one in any of the stores around us yesteday and most of the ones we found online are even out of stock which seems really strange. Even the Disney Store was out...weird, right?) Anyway, she has a new costume on order (as of yesterday) and she has already asked twice this morning when it will be here. :)
So wild that my kids are this close to five and a half and are STILL this into dress up. :)
