I am vacuuming the kids’ bedrooms. After helping me clear the floor they are now playing Star Wars with the light sabers the boys got as party favors at yesterday’s Star Wars themed birthday party. They are very cool light sabers, by the way, made of pool noodles cut in half with handles wrapped with black electrical tape. Colorful, powerful-feeling, and almost completely harmless.
So, keep in mind that my children have never seen Star Wars. Well, they saw about 5 minutes of the Darth Vader vs. Luke saber fight on the catwalk while we were furniture shopping about THREE YEARS AGO….and have apparently gleaned some name information from friends….but no direct experience.
Open Scene:
Light Sabers cracking, screaching and running….
Wendy: “John, I’m Luke, you’re Darth and Michael in YOGA”.
Ah, yes….I’ll keep my children isolated from the force for a few years longer just to be able to giggle at keepers like that.
Namaste.
