Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The "Blue Genie".....Correction, Wise Man

So we got a nativity set and I am quite happy. With Damon's daily request to drive him to Toys R Us so he can pick out the toys he wants from Santa, now i can emphasize the TRUE meaning of Christmas. The other night we told the kids the story of baby Jesus and let them each put the pieces of the nativity in the stable. There was one Wise Man that happened to be dressed in blue and Damon had to have his hands on that one. The story went over well, but Damon couldn't part with the blue Wise Man. We asked him to put the Wise Man with the other Wise Men, but he looked at us puzzled and referred to the figure as "the blue genie." It must have been the hat and Damon's new love of wizards/abracadabra/and casting imaginary spells. (He's been watching a little too much of The Backyardigans which is a cartoon where the characters imagine themselves to be wizards, cowboys, secret agents, robots, etc). I've been correcting him ever since, but he continues to refer to the Wise Man as "The Blue Genie." So the "Blue Genie" has found a new home with all of Damon's other favorite blue things. This BLUE treasure also consists of blue paper clips all hooked together, all my blue hair elastics, chapstick that has a blue label, blue Dinoco Cars, and maybe some non-blue airplanes if they are lucky! Damon also jacked 1 Beanie Baby out of a giant bin because it was blue. Now the blue bird named "Rocket" and "The Blue Genie" are Damon's blue buddies.

2 comments:

jakenapril said...

great organizing skills: everything blue, check. and it's nice to see the beanies getting some love.

Kristin Rosling said...

That's hilarious. Damon is such a character! You are great at blogging by the way! Hope you had a nice xmas!