Star Wars Mania
Keegan is very voluble in his interests. He is usually obsessed with some theme or toy for a while, and then he moves on, and don’t play with it anymore. Cars probably have been the longest lasting love, since it has come back to them in waves, but now we have a new winner: anything Star Wars. He has been talking and admiring Star Wars for a year or two now, since he has learned about it in preschool. He even asked us to get the movies, but till a few months ago it was not an obsession. Now it is pretty much all he plays with. He even makes up stories and uses his light saber to make them come to light.
He finally mustered the courage of watching all the 6 movies (multiple times) and he is enjoying his Lego sets…well, he mainly likes the mini figures and the built-up ships I put together for him. But as I have said before it is a win-win, since I really like building Legos. It just gets a little frustrating having to rebuild them for the 100th times, after he “explodes” them.
This is the typical scene I see when I get home from work.
obi wan kenobi standing guard
Fortunately I have found these cute Lego shaped boxes, so most of the chaos is safely stored away, and so far, stepping on Lego incidents have been extremely rare.
We are also lucky to live in San Diego, where the volunteer Star Wars society is very active, and it is easy to see some of its members at various events. He always gets a kick out of it (and so do we). We saw quite a few at the latest Touch A Truck Event. It is a fundraiser event with lots of car and truck you can mount and play on. We also saw a medical rescue helicopter land, and got to climb on board. Pretty cool!
Keegan had a blast last year, also thanks to the Robosaurus, absent this time, but this year he did not seem all that interested…except for the Star Wars characters, of course. Can you guess who they are?
Aniken Skywalker and Padme Amidala
Senator Palpatine, as a Lord Sith
A clone warrior
Darth Maul
Of course, it is still hard for me to keep all the characters and ships and planets straights, but Keegan is more than happy to explain and show me who is who. Books helps too. I guess I do enjoy the movies more now that I know all the back story. As I was growing up I only saw the first movie (the only real one, if you ask me: Episode IV), at the movie theater…imagine that! Not sure who took me, since my parents have no memory of it, but I know I saw it and was not too impressed.
Talking of movies, Keegan is looking forward to the new movie coming out next year…I am not sure. Disney and Star Wars???
Of course there are plenty of other Star Wars things to see, especially at Legoland. During a recent visit with Keegan’s friend Kevin, the kids posed with Lego Darth Vader, before admiring the awesome reconstruction of each episode in Legos.
Millennium Falcon
A visit to Legoland, though, is not complete without trying all the other rides (and some overpriced treat), and Keegan tried the “big kids” driving circuit…he was able to drive on the roads, but blew through traffic lights and signals…well, it is his first time.
So, now we are trying to use his passion to our advantage: we are getting Star Wars books specifically created for early readers…Hopefully he will be interested in the topic enough to want to practice his reading…
Comments are off for this post