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Friday, March 30, 2007To Infinity And BeyondGo ahead. Ask me how many times I've heard that phrase uttered in the past twenty-four hours. Yesterday my sweet Spencer turned eight. And his special gifts on this occasion? The original, 1995, new-in-the-box, Disney-produced Woody and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. What was I thinking? Well, yes, I was thinking that my son, who is obsessed with Pixar in all its glory, whose party theme was The Incredibles and whose wish list included a remote control Lightning McQueen from Cars, would love his very own Woody and Buzz. Because Toy Story 2 is his favorite of all the Pixar gems. Because his imagination is beyond anything I've yet experienced in a child. And because I absolutely adore him. So, I enlisted the help of Eric the Snipe King and snagged a good deal on the dolls on Ebay. Spencer hasn't stopped playing with them. Which is a good thing, really. If I hear the words, "I'm bored" even once after yesterday's outpouring of nifty presents (including the remote control McQueen), it will not be pretty. Know what's cool, though? Spencer wants to produce CG movies when he grows up. I'm not surprised, really. When he was only three years old, he used to hold his hands in front of his face, fingers spread, and raise them slowly above his head while singing various sound-tracky melodies. Yep, he was doing the "credits" for a movie. (Took me a while to figure that one out -- at first it was looking a bit autistic to me.) So I keep telling myself that I've invested in my child's creativity, in his future. His ability to make up stories and act them out with dolls, stuffed animals, or himself, is endless. All right, it's almost scary. I guess I can handle the constant Buzz Lightyear chatter. After all, "To infinity and beyond" isn't such a bad motto. Happy birthday, little guy. |
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5of my readers are feeling chatty:
What a great gift! Connor has the originals, Corry has the fancy, shiny, silvery re-released Buzz.
(I confess, we own pretty much every toy, movie & article of clothing that came out during my tenure with TDS ;-) ). They have been played and played and played and played with!
Chloe has grown up watching her brothers play with Buzz and Woody but she had never actually seen either movie until last year.
We watched Toy Story together and Chlo thought it was very cool when Andy was playing with Woody but when Woody began to talk and move on his own her eyes grew wide, her little jaw dropped and she began hopping up and down on the couch pointing and shouting "Momma! Woody!! He's talking! He's alive! Why's he TALKING???"
We all nearly laughed ourselves silly, it was so cute.
It is one of my mostest-favorite memories. :-)
Happy Birthday Spencer!
There's a snake in my boots!
Happy Birthday to Spencer!!!! Two of my daycare boys are addicted to those same movies/toys. I get a kick out of it because Parker is not into that type of play.
Happy Birthday Spencer!
Wanna know how old I was when the movie came out? :-P
Can you shoot me an email sometime? The power supply is out on my desktop so I don't have my address book right now (ack!).
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