star wars

I have noticed that "age appropriate" toys change with every child you have. Reed, being the first, was only exposed to age appropriate material per manufacturer. For example: We first started with Sesame Street and he absolutely loved Elmo. Then came Blue's Clue's, again Reed totally loved "Here's the mail" song and even had a Blue's Clue's birthday party at two years old. Then Scooby Doo came into the picture. Another favorite. Reed had Scooby Doo pajamas, sheets and had perfected the "scooby-dooby-doo" howl. Next was Buzz Lightyear. He had so many Buzz lightyear toys (all of which were rewards for going pee in the potty a week at a time). About this time Blue was becoming mobile. And wanted to play with whatever Reed was playing with. So, Blue skips over the whole phase of Sesame Street and Blue's Clue's and jumps right into Buzz Lightyear and then adds his own favorites of Superman, Spiderman, and Batman. Still Buzz was his first action figure. Blue would walk around shooting anyone or anything (from the birds outside to Wayne Lamb during sacrament meeting) that got in his way with his "laser" on his forearm. Reed mastered potty training and moved on from buzz. Star Wars was next. I didn't think Reed would like Star Wars but boy was I wrong! That is all he has talked about for the last two years! Blue quickly followed suit and needed his own light saber (a blue on, of course). In fact, Blue could identify any character in Star Wars just by their voice before he even learned to speak himself. I'm not sure that we are ever going to get out of the Star Wars phase. Now Beau is mobile. He completely skipped over Sesame Street, Blue's Clue's and even Buzz Lightyear and jumped right into Star Wars. The kid is obsessed with light sabers! Luckily, as toy manufacturers keep upgrading their light sabers so do we but never getting rid of the old ones. We have your basic ones that are purple, red, blue and green (yes, we have all colors). Then they came out with Darth Maul's double sided light saber (yes, proud owners of this also). And our last light saber purchase was the light sabers that change from illuminating red to blue and make a whirring noise and a crash when you hit something or someone, this would be Beau's favorite. Anyway, back to my point. Beau loves to join in on the battles between "the force" and "the dark side" much to Reed and Blue's dismay. No wonder they are growing up so fast.