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After ignoring this blog for more than a year and half, this holiday season provided some good fodder. I may just start posting again…
After much cajoling gentle redirection, the kiddo has finally taken an interest in Star Wars. He even asked Santa for a red lightsaber. Vader (or Darth Maul, or a Stormtrooper) is such an improvement over Puss in Boots that we even let him watch Episode 4 long before we had planned. Hey, don’t judge. If your kid spent EVERY.F-ING.SECOND. (over the past 6 months) dressed up like and acting out the movie behaviors — hairball scene included — of an annoying swashbuckling feline (or rather, taking his costume on and off EVERY.F-ING.SECOND. while watching Shrek 2, 3, 4, and every Puss in Boots movie trailer ever made), you’d embrace the dark side too (pun intended). In fact, the entire blu-ray collection is en route as I type…
Dan, on the other hand, was the recipient of some Lego sets because the kiddo wanted them as a thoughtful gift from the munchkin (who also received some Legos) and me. It turns out that Legos are pretty fun for grown-ups to build and the kid has a lot of fun playing with them. Win win. Needless to say, I expect much clinking in the vacuum canister in the coming days, especially since we’ve already been on two family expeditions looking for post-holiday Lego “deals.”
As for me, I started casually obsessively watching Dr. Who (2005) a couple of weeks before Christmas and I’m just starting Season 5. I’m not sure if I’m a huge fan now or just operating on a persistent lack of sleep, but Dan agreed to build a Tardis garden shed for our long-handled tools (which apparently is common enough in the UK that they have a Tardis category in shed design competitions). I’m really excited, although I’m sure the Bloggess with one-up me with a life-sized functional Dalek to keep Beyonce company.
I wanted to use this for our Christmas cards this year (and on a large, bright canvas in our house). But, first I went green. Then I got lazy. I might still do the canvas. I, did, however, cut out a few of these by hand for gifts.
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