Sunday, May 31, 2009

Lions, and Tigers, and Tiny Balls, oh my!

I love being a mom! I would like to introduce you to the 7th, 8th, and 9th members of the family... Wine Keen (Lion King), and the 2 Tiders (tigers). These are Daniel's FAVORITE toys. They go everywhere with him. They live on the bookshelf in the living room.
He sleeps with them. Ignore the tornado that is his bed, that is a story for another time! They have to be beside him in the car or we can't leave. He thinks I am the meanest mommy because they have to wait in the car when we go to church or to the store. They are pretty easy to have around, though. They don't eat very much, just a bite of mommy's nose or finger now and then. The only problem is that they don't like each other...
They are constantly fighting. The battle always happens on the piano bench, don't ask me why. And it usually ends with Lion King throwing Tiger #1 across the room.
Daniel doesn't have the market cornered on obsessions in this house. Here is Zach's:
Tiny balls...Yep, he finds them everywhere we go. I had no idea there were so many out there, but at almost every store, park, and house he can find one tucked in some random corner. Atleast it is free, but quite often the balls get lost and we are stuck on hands and knees searching under everything to find his lost treasure. Tears are shed and life is OVER until the next tiny discovery is made!
I can blame Michael's obsession on his dad! It all started a few of years ago when Drew let a 2 year old watch scenes from the 1st Spiderman movie! He was hooked. He's had superheros on the brain ever since. Right now it is Spiderman. The little boy next door has a Spiderman costume, and after begging me for days to get him one, he gave up and made one of his own out of paper and scotch tape.
Pretty intimidating, huh?

1 comment:

Grandmajan said...

I adore Michaels costume. He is so creative. Last summer he used a long narrow box to make different costume. The box was only a few inches wide, but he still managed to get inside. He made arm holes and opened it at the top for his head.

After he tired of using it in the original configuration - he unfolded it and modified to use it differently. I was impressed!