On Saturday Sawyer made a little discovery that has opened up a whole new world for him. A world that so far, the little man has been completely & utterly consumed with. I’ll explain…
A long time ago
on a street far far away
the Coley family sold their house
but as their new house was still occupied
the Coley family boxed up their belongings and traveled
across the city & moved into rented accommodation for a while,
which is where they still remain…
On Saturday while Sawyer helped me search the garage for our still unpacked electric-whisk, the little man found a small box of toys; toys he’d not seen before and toys that had lived up in our loft for quite a few years. I took one look at Sawyer excitedly clutching his newly found X-wing and knew how futile it would be if I attempted to take the box away. It looked like Jake’s well looked after toys/collectables had been unofficially passed on and I spent the rest of my Saturday explaining what or who each of the new toys was. On the Sunday I tentatively suggested to Sawyer that I had a few DVDs with his new toys in. Star Wars is ok for a 4 year old right? I wasn’t sure, but Sawyer seemed pretty keen, so out came the DVDs…
As I was a little unsure of the films suitability, the big question was which of the 6 films to start with? Episode 1 The Phantom Menace (the most kid friendly of the lot) was immediately dismissed as that’s the only one that we don’t have a copy of. Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith (the most adult friendly of the lot) was also instantly dismissed. In the end I looked at what toys he’d been playing with & plumped for Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back. The DVD was popped into the player and our little 4 year old was instantly mesmerised. His huge eyes barely blinked for the next 2 hours.
‘Nother film daddy…‘ as the credits scrolled up the screen.
Next came Episode 6 Return of the Jedi. ‘Jam the Hut‘ was a huge hit in this film!!! Episode 4 A New Hope came next, followed by Episode 2 Attack of the Clones (not his favourite). By bedtime our exhausted little man was alarmingly fluent in all things Star Wars and with a stay-at-home with Daddy day on Monday, he already knew exactly how he wanted to spend it 😎
So far today, while attempting to do a spot of work, we’ve had…
‘The black robot one daddy…‘ aka Episode 4
‘The worm one daddy…‘ aka Episode 6
‘The goat one daddy…‘ aka Episode 5
And as he’s not a huge fan of ‘The underwater one…’ aka Episode 2, I’ll probably get a break soon!!!
Simon
Aw! Great.
Working it out, I was 5 when the first Star Wars came out, and I just remember being in awe sitting next to my Dad at the cinema. So no, I don’t think 4 is too young.
stephen
Well that’s good to hear. I did have my doubts. And you don’t seem too scarred by the early Star Wars initiation 😉
Our little man does have a rather addictive personality and I know that these DVDs will be played constantly for the next few months. We’re actually off to see a one-man Star Wars show in April & I reckon Sawyer could seriously give this guy a run for his money by then!!!
Vicky
Awesome! Go Sawyer! Loving that he enjoyed the proper 3 and not number 2. 4 is certainly not too young either, we’ve had 4 on twice, 5 and 6 on for Dex and he really enjoys them. The younger they’re introduced to Star Wars the better.
Geek out 😉
stephen
Sad to inform that Episode 2 (The underwater one) is now his favourite & has been re-christened “The dinosaur one” due to the Jedi battle at the end 😉 And according to Sawyer, Yoda has “circle Jedi power” (no idea???) & is sometimes called “Arthur”!!! Took me ages to work this out, but I think he means Marster Yoda!!!