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I was feeling guilty for a while that I wasn't properly indoctrinating my nieces and nephews. They're great kids and I love playing with them, but my siblings, much as I love them, are mainstream yuppies.
So it was with surprise and pleasure that I discovered that my sister had shown her kids Superman Returns, that the kids got how awesome superheroes can be, and that my nephew took an especial shine to it. He taught himself how to play the theme song on the harmonica and the violin. By ear.
Then they watched the first episode of Justice League and he fell in love with Green Lantern.
And now... they've seen Star Wars. (So far, A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. My sister does not plan to expose them to the prequels. Return of the Jedi will be soon, though.)
Suddenly, the lightsaber he got for his birthday (I think) a few months back is one of his favorite toys. And he wanted to play Luke vs Vader. I did the Vader breathing, and he was duly impressed. Then I did my best Vader voice and his jaw literally dropped. So much fun. And what's great is that his youthful enthusiasm (which he has in more abundance than anyone I've ever met) only adds to the fact that he's totally new to the fandom. So when I took out a fork to help puncture a stubborn milk box seal and said "Use the fork..." he actually thought it was pretty funny. Later, in Vader voice, I said "Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies." "Cookies??!" he asked, laughing. "Yes. Coooookkiiiieeess..." "What kind? Chocolate chip?" "No. They are Dark cookies. Dark, fudgy cookies..." (Sadly, he didn't find that as fun as I'd hoped. So I didn't add "... of doom!!" or "...of evil!!" Ah well.)
Also, apparently, he told Mom that when he comes to visit next time he wants to make a water clock out of a soda bottle (a project from a crafts/activity book).
I'm happy. And pleasantly surprised. Yes, he may be a jock. He may follow professional sports and be really into playing baseball and football and any other sport. He may be loud and energetic and competitive and all that. (All of which is also really fun to watch, don't get me wrong.) But he's also developing into quite the little geek.
So it was with surprise and pleasure that I discovered that my sister had shown her kids Superman Returns, that the kids got how awesome superheroes can be, and that my nephew took an especial shine to it. He taught himself how to play the theme song on the harmonica and the violin. By ear.
Then they watched the first episode of Justice League and he fell in love with Green Lantern.
And now... they've seen Star Wars. (So far, A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. My sister does not plan to expose them to the prequels. Return of the Jedi will be soon, though.)
Suddenly, the lightsaber he got for his birthday (I think) a few months back is one of his favorite toys. And he wanted to play Luke vs Vader. I did the Vader breathing, and he was duly impressed. Then I did my best Vader voice and his jaw literally dropped. So much fun. And what's great is that his youthful enthusiasm (which he has in more abundance than anyone I've ever met) only adds to the fact that he's totally new to the fandom. So when I took out a fork to help puncture a stubborn milk box seal and said "Use the fork..." he actually thought it was pretty funny. Later, in Vader voice, I said "Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies." "Cookies??!" he asked, laughing. "Yes. Coooookkiiiieeess..." "What kind? Chocolate chip?" "No. They are Dark cookies. Dark, fudgy cookies..." (Sadly, he didn't find that as fun as I'd hoped. So I didn't add "... of doom!!" or "...of evil!!" Ah well.)
Also, apparently, he told Mom that when he comes to visit next time he wants to make a water clock out of a soda bottle (a project from a crafts/activity book).
I'm happy. And pleasantly surprised. Yes, he may be a jock. He may follow professional sports and be really into playing baseball and football and any other sport. He may be loud and energetic and competitive and all that. (All of which is also really fun to watch, don't get me wrong.) But he's also developing into quite the little geek.