Remember The Force? From Star Wars? As a kid, I vaguely remember going to the drive in theater to watch a double feature where Star Wars was the second movie. Something tells me I never watched the whole movie. That has been my only exposure to the movies. Seriously.
I never spent time watching them or thinking about them. Frankly, I thought those people who were die-hard Star Wars fiends were a bit bizarre. But, in the last three months, our home has changed. The boys have discovered Star Wars.
As a family, we have watched all six movies in a row. Brendan purchased One and Two with money he received from Christmas. Evan and Brendan draw Star Wars pictures constantly. Even today as I picked Evan up from school, he had another Star Wars picture boasting many of the Jedi's fighting the bad guys with their light sabres.
We have unique conversations. Evan will question me all the way home from school. Mom, did you know that Mace Windu has the only purple light sabre? Mom, did you know that Darth Vader has the strongest Force. Mom, Yoda has alot of the force in him, too. Luke has to learn to control his force. He has a green light sabre. On and on and on.
It doesn't stop at home. Some nights the boys will play light saber tag in the house where they turn out all the lights and run around with their light sabers -- they glow in the dark and make a buzzing noise-- and chase each other.
Even Easter is not off limits. This year's egg decorating kit was a Star Wars theme. And do you know what the Easter bunny brought? Star Wars movie, Star Wars books, and matching Star Wars jammies.
We are definitely masters of our own Force. Are you?
2 comments:
I must confess I am not. I have never seen any of the movies and I probably wont unless Ian goes through a Star Wars phase. Currently we are in a dinosuar and cars phase which is just fine with me. :)
I LOVE IT!!! They are so stinkin cute in those jams!!! Matthew has had the force for a while now. However, his force began with the Wii games. I don't think he's seen any of the movies. I have and didn't care for them. We have a few light sabers protecting our home. He is now heavy into the Pirate phase. It's so fun - until they change phases right before a holiday and you've already bought gifts based on the previous phase! May the force be with you!!!
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