Trav, the six year old, is 'Action Figure" crazy. He has about 50 of them, of various groups, ranging from Batman to Goku, Hulk to Spiderman, Power Ranger to GI Joe. He plays with them in what he calls 'episodes' like the TV segments, and has many things happen on the "Show" These shows sometime go on all day, involve dozens of different vehicles, toys, figures and rooms of the house. I've viewed many of these shows. Most of them are better than what's on TV. He's more creative, the plots are involved and convaluted, and the characters developed. He also has intricate family relationships, his favorite heros coming with Moms, Dads, Brothers and Sisters.
Trav goes to church a lot- his Mother's influence- and one evening after church each of the kids came home with a toy from the gift grab box the Minister keeps for special occasions. I don't remember what the other two picked, because Trav's choices were prominant:
Trav picked plastic figurines of Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus. They're about the same size as his other Action Figures. I saw instantly where this was going.
Last night it was pretty subdued, Baby Jesus slept on my desk, Mary was with Keith, and Trav had Joseph upstairs. This morning all Hell broke loose.
First, Baby Jesus started to get stronger. Then bad guys attacked his family, and He defeated them with several bolts of pure power. Unfortunately, a few innocent bystanders were also killed. Baby Jesus was sorry about that.
Baby Jesus kept getting more powerful, soon, He could fly. He threw away the robe he was wrapped in. He found a coffee cup lined with green easter egg packing material- those cellophane strands, and hummed around a lot in that, until it was too binding and He went free-form.
He'd started talking by this time, and interacting with his parents and various other players. Jesus made Joseph dig in the garden, and then both Mary and Joseph got in trouble and Baby Jesus sent them to time-out. His english isn't too good, apparently the language skills haven't developed with the other powers. Baby Jesus was lecturing his parents with baby talk.
He was blasting away at bad guys on a regular basis at this point.
I asked Trav if Baby Jesus would ever meet Goku, the famed martial arts fighter with super powers.
Trav looked at me with a lot of skepticism and a frown.
"No Dad, they can't meet, that isn't the way it's played".
There are controls on which group can enter the reality of another group, I knew. Trav keeps track.
They all just piled into the Subaru, going in for an evening meet at Church. Baby Jesus went with them. The Minister is in for a surprise. This will be a Jesus he doesn't know, a leaner, tougher, crime fighting Jesus, the kind of guy we need in our new Century, Travis busy writing the Third Testament.
Now, I did not write this to offend anyone. My wife's a devout christian and a psychologist. They'll figure it out tonight.
munk
Trav goes to church a lot- his Mother's influence- and one evening after church each of the kids came home with a toy from the gift grab box the Minister keeps for special occasions. I don't remember what the other two picked, because Trav's choices were prominant:
Trav picked plastic figurines of Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus. They're about the same size as his other Action Figures. I saw instantly where this was going.
Last night it was pretty subdued, Baby Jesus slept on my desk, Mary was with Keith, and Trav had Joseph upstairs. This morning all Hell broke loose.
First, Baby Jesus started to get stronger. Then bad guys attacked his family, and He defeated them with several bolts of pure power. Unfortunately, a few innocent bystanders were also killed. Baby Jesus was sorry about that.
Baby Jesus kept getting more powerful, soon, He could fly. He threw away the robe he was wrapped in. He found a coffee cup lined with green easter egg packing material- those cellophane strands, and hummed around a lot in that, until it was too binding and He went free-form.
He'd started talking by this time, and interacting with his parents and various other players. Jesus made Joseph dig in the garden, and then both Mary and Joseph got in trouble and Baby Jesus sent them to time-out. His english isn't too good, apparently the language skills haven't developed with the other powers. Baby Jesus was lecturing his parents with baby talk.
He was blasting away at bad guys on a regular basis at this point.
I asked Trav if Baby Jesus would ever meet Goku, the famed martial arts fighter with super powers.
Trav looked at me with a lot of skepticism and a frown.
"No Dad, they can't meet, that isn't the way it's played".
There are controls on which group can enter the reality of another group, I knew. Trav keeps track.
They all just piled into the Subaru, going in for an evening meet at Church. Baby Jesus went with them. The Minister is in for a surprise. This will be a Jesus he doesn't know, a leaner, tougher, crime fighting Jesus, the kind of guy we need in our new Century, Travis busy writing the Third Testament.
Now, I did not write this to offend anyone. My wife's a devout christian and a psychologist. They'll figure it out tonight.
munk
