Dallin likes Darth Vader. I'm not quite sure how it happened. As much as we love Star Wars, it's not a movie we've shown the boys yet. I think Dallin has seen Darth Vader toys and images enough in stores that he started to like him and now points out Darth Vader everywhere we go.
I figured it was time to introduce him to the movie. He was so excited all night when we told him we would watch a Darth Vader movie. Mckay warned him that Darth Vader is a bad guy, but Dallin seemed unphased by this information. In fact, while saying the prayer before dinner, Dallin included, "Thank thee for bad guy..." I tried hard to contain my laughter.
We got pajamas, our Star Wars blanket and some Halloween candy and got ready for the movie.
Dallin was so excited I couldn't even convince him to sit down all the way.
This is the reaction when they see Darth Vader on screen for the first time:
You can hear him whine nervously and see him scoot closer to me. I think he was a little startled to see that Darth Vader was more malicious that he expected. But he still enjoyed the movie and I don't think it damped his love for Darth Vader. We had a fun time.
I'm grateful for movie nights. I'm thankful for the chance to snuggle up with my pajama-clad boys and share a favorite classic movie with them.
Lucas loves Chewbacca, and we've never showed him Star Wars either. We are totally planning on having our next movie night be Star Wars.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you kept your composure during that wonderful prayer. I would have been laughing so hard!
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