I'll Play with the Lightsaber on Friday

Reed pretends that everything is a lightsaber... markers, sticks, yarn, forks...anything and everything. Today he had a sales flier rolled up and he said, "Can this be a lightsaber?"

I said, "We gave you a lightsaber for Christmas. Why don't you ever play with that? It's what you wanted the most." (It's really cool. It's spring loaded, lights up and makes sounds.)

He said, "Well, I played with it on Friday. Is it Friday now?"

Is The Empire Strikes Back a Christmas movie?

I asked the kids what their favorite Christmas movie is and Wes told me about a conversation he had with Cate. Apparently Cate thinks The Empire Strikes Back is a Christmas movie.

Why?

Because it has snow in it.

One of these things is not like the other...

We've been busy making Star Wars clothes pin dolls. I've added C3P0, R2D2, Storm Troopers, Darth Maul and, um, who's that with the red hair...?...Ariel! What's she doing there?



We're having fun. Oh, and did you notice what's on the t.v. in the background. The final 2008 Nascar race. Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson for winning his 3rd straight championship.

Craft Time Fun

Last year we made some clothes pins dolls. We got the idea at a friend's birthday party. We made princesses, toy soldiers and a nativity. Even gave "kits" as birthday gifts so others could make dolls. Cate had the idea to make some more today. As usual, mom (me) went a little overboard.


Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia


Luke fights with Darth Vader with Lightsabers
(or as the kids call him, Dark Vader and his Life Saver.)

I ran out of clothes pins before I could make R2D2, C3P0, and some storm troopers. Wish I had time to run to the craft store.

Deep Thinker or Dark Side?

Reed has recently gone over the deep in for Star Wars. He loves it. Everything is a lightsaber in his eyes ...guns, swords, pencils... sometimes he just makes the saber sounds. This morning he asked the question, "Mom, do the bad guys think that the good guys are bad guys?" My first thought was that he's really a deep thinker. Later I started wondering if he was just trying to justify liking Darth Vader so much.


Is Reed being pulled to the Dark Side?