Bob the Builder
This made me laugh so hard:
A couple of days ago, my little boy and I were playing with his toys. My toy, a Tuscan Raider from Star Wars, was driving a school bus. Here's the conversation:
Dar: Your bus breaks down outside a haunted forest.
Me: Okay, my bus driver guy is very scared.
Dar: Suddenly, a skeleton (and he brandishes the rubber skeleton at me) jumps out of the bushes at you.
Me: My bus driver guy screams and runs away.
Dar: No, no, it's okay. The skeleton is nice...he's a good guy...and he fixes the bus for you.
Me: He fixes the bus?
Dar: Yes, because it's the skeleton of Bob the Builder.
This leads me to two conclusions:
1. We are raising a very creative and slightly creepy child.
2. Jake and I should probably spring for a Bob the Builder figure, but I think I like the skeleton better. *laugh*
posted by LilyMab @ 9:08 p.m.
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4 Comments:
I had a friend who's son was obesessed with Pokemon, and he wanted all of the action figures more than life itself. So they got him what they could, but her husband was a student and worked in a lab for pennies, and she was a stay-at-home mum, and they didn't have much. So together, she and her husband stayed up at night and drew him paper versions of the action figures. He loved those paper dolls more than anything, I think. When they tore, he taped them up, or he made his own versions.
Kids are beyond imaginative, and will make due with what is.
Your story is awesome.
I think you have a new toy to market, have you thought about patenting it?
Aren't kids great? They have the coolest way of seeing the world.
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