phases that kids go through...

I actually enjoy most of AJ's "phases" (read: obsessions) that he goes through. It seems as if he goes through a major one about once a year. The first thing he got into was Yo Gabba Gabba. Ugh. I would be so happy if I never had to hear "There's a Party In My Tummy" or "Pool Party" again. He had bed sheets, pillows, blankets, toys, dvds, cars, trains, a dance mat, musical instruments, and even Yo Gabba Gabba microphones. And abut 90% of these toys were obnoxiously LLOOUUDD. While I supported AJ throughout his habit, he finally started to move onto something else.

Next comes the Toy Story binge. This ties into a Cars binge as well, but it did not bring havoc unto this household like Buzz Lightyear did. This all happened before the Toy Story 3 movie came out (and made me a full believer of hidden messages in television). All of the sudden he fell in love with Toy Story. And quickly he fell even more in love with Toy Story 2 because it had ZURG in it. What a great super villain to go crazy over. Who, by the way, is very hard to find online and in toy stores without spending an arm and a leg. AJ had the big Woody, the large Buzz that was exactly like the one in the movie, and for Christmas he got Bullseye and Jessie. He has a whole drawer under his bed that has nothing but his toy story items. His first movie he saw in the theaters was Toy Story 3 which he sat there, unmoving and unspeaking, for almost 2 hours except to yell "LOOK MOMMY ITS BUZZ!" when he first popped on the screen. Finally, after tiring of Randy Newman's voice, AJ decided to leave his precious toys behind, to fall into his next obsession overload.

*Sigh* this is where we land now. Super Heros. Marvel, DC, whatever, he loves them all. Transformers, Super Hero Squad, Batman, Spiderman, Ironman, The Flash, Human Torch, Fantastic 4, WHATEVER. If it even remotely looks like a super hero, he will like it. His Grammy found him a Spiderman suitcase for free, and that now is FULL of his collection of super hero memorabilia. He has a Captain America lunchbox with all of his Super Hero Squad figures. And another little lunchbox with all of his tiny Transformer toys. He has a whole DVD shelf dedicated to superhero movies. He knows where the super hero section is in the toy store as well as the movie store. His favorite song is the theme song to The Avengers TV show. He shouts it on the top of his lungs, particularly when he is in the shower. It took me months to figure out what song he was singing. Soon, because this is a phase that I actually have been enjoying, I will probably decorate his room in various super hero decals (that can come off without a problem and be replaced with, I don't know, dinosaurs or something).

Why am I talking about this? I was thinking about it. When was the last time I went through a phase like this? If I could have such passion towards something like AJ does, think of the things that I could accomplish! Heaven forbid I start showing such passion and obsession towards God! He knows I love Him, but goodness there are so many areas in my life I could improve in if I just had that kind of passion towards it. Something to think about. What kind of obsessions/passions do you have in your life or your children??