Playing around

Amanda has gotten Callum REALLY into Patty-Cake games, and its funny to see how Callum now claps for just about everything! You change his diaper, trigger the jack-in-the-box, or say certain random words, and he just starts clapping. Here we are, playing Patty-Cake right before his bath. And I think this has now become my new favorite picture. I need a bigger copy of this. Look at him....he looks so proud of himself for clapping. Hilarious.

I called this post "Playing Around" because the pictures revolve around playing with Callum. And today marked another milestone: I "officially" passed down my first childhood toy to Callum, in the form of a box of Matchbox and Hotwheel cars. He really likes playing with them actually; sure, he puts each one in his mouth to "test it," but then he pushes them across the floor and chases them. I have always been a "saver" of things, and I'm always reticent to throw anything away; I guess I just always had this idea that someday some of my things would be worth a lot of money or something. I have all my old baseball cards, all my old coin collection, my sea shell collection, a bunch of original "Smurf" figures (dad always makes fun of my for that), and I've started saving t-shirts to give to Callum when he's older (Red Sox, Patriots, my old football jersey from high school and rugby jersey from college, etc). But I guess I just wish I saved everything to pass down to him....

I remember my dad always saying to me when I was younger: "Jeez...I wish I saved (fill in the blank) for you! It would be worth so much money now!" And although I've saved some stuff, I wish I could reclaim:

1. My comic book collection, with some priceless "Green Lanterns," "Thors," and "Spiderman's."

2. My GI Joe ensemble, as I had tons of soldiers, the "Cobra Twins," the Hovercraft, and the Aircraft Carrier (yeah, I pretty much rocked)

3. He-Men paraphernalia, as I had the actual Castle of Grayskull, Evil Lynne (well, actually I still have Evil Lynne...wah wah wah), Shee-Ra, the Battlecat, Man-at-Arms, Orco, and two types of He-Men (the original, and the one that twisted and punched and then his chest caved in)

4. Star Wars!!! Obviously. I think I still have Luke, Darth, and Admiral Akbar (go figure). But what in the world was I thinking by getting rid of my laser gun, my "Planet Hoth Rebel Base," and all the other figurines I had??!! Never mind Callum...."I" want to play with them again!

Oh yeah, Dad we're going to need the "Beep Beep" for Callum soon. That's a whole other blog....