when the twits were three, we bought all the kids several sheets of googly eyes of various colors and sizes. so they anthropomorphized random household objects to great comic effect – playdoh cans, the bannister, the vacuum, food containers, balls, drawings.
the kid who really got into it was SpazMonkey. for about a year, his favorite article of clothing was a necktie with googly eyes. over the summer, he started a pinecone collection. it wasn’t long before his favorite pinecone got a pair of googly eyes, and the name Piney:
on the way home from school a couple of weeks ago, he found a tiny pinecone, about an inch long. he was more excited than the time he found a dollar in the parking lot of target and knew that it was enough to buy a bag of popcorn. “LOOK MOM! IT’S PINEY’S BABY! OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH WE GOTTA TAKE HIM HOME SO HE CAN BE A PART OF MY PINEY STORY! HURRY UUUUUUUUP!” it seems he’d taken a break from writing stories about metroid and bakugan and captain underpants to write a story about Piney in one of his books of stapled-together printer paper. Piney’s Baby got some googly eyes, and the Piney Story got a few more pages (with googly eyes on every page, of course.)
so a few days ago, i noticed this addition to the family calendar:
me: so, today is Piney Day, huh?
SM: YUP!
me: what happens on Piney Day?
SM: ASK PINEY!
me: where is he?
SM: I CAN’T TELL YOU!
me: should i go look for him?
SM: YOU’LL FIND OUT LATER!
me: find out what later?
SM: I’LL TELL YOU NEXT YEAR!
me: next year on Piney Day?
SM: YEAH PINEY DAY 2010! THAT’S IN ONE YEAR!
so. this should be good. i’m marking my 2010 calendar.
