At her recent Christening, The Badoo received a Tinkerbell dress, DVD and doll from her Zia Lucia.* Maxi-Taxi was fascinated by the story on the DVD and then overjoyed when he discovered that Cappers already owned
two Tinkerbell dolls. Instantly, he had three fairy dolls, which is all Maxi-Taxi needs to be off and away into the Land of Imagination. That boy just loves a Collection.
This morning he cautiously asked what I thought of him taking the fairy Collection into school to play with at Big Lunch. The conversation went a little like this:
M-T: I'm thinking of taking in the Fairy Collection to school to play with at Big Lunch.
Me: That sounds fun. (Thinking: Oh dear lord, does he not want any friends?)
M-T: Well, I don't think the boys will want to play with them...
Me: Hmmmm... maybe not. (Are you crazy? I'm not usually hung-up on gender specific toys, but believe me you'll be the laughing stock of the entire boy part of the school!)
M-T: They might laugh at me.
Me: They might. (What, is he reading my mind now? He's SUCH a strong, confident, loving... of course he's not reading my mind...
different child...)
M-T: I could play by myself, or with the girls... no, not with the girls, but by myself.
Me: Yes, that could be fun. (There is nothing wrong with playing by yourself at school. There is nothing wrong with playing by yourself at school. There is...)
M-T: So should I take them in?
Me: Well, you know the boys might laugh and want to play something else but you've decided you could play by yourself... so you can make your mind up knowing what you know.
M-T: Okay, I'll take them in.
Me: Good decision (Oh no). You'll enjoy playing with them (ALONE). Just grab a bag to put them in... ah, okay, the pink bag is a good idea. (Forgodsake we have to have a pink bag too!?). Enjoy yourself, Sonshine.
And off to school he went.
And I sit here wondering... how is my boy doing?
* Zia never misses an extravagant gifting opportunity!________________________________________________________________________
Postscript
How the boy was doing...
Okay, so apparently Tinkerbell and Friends have poisonous wings that kill you as soon as they brush past your face. And their eyes shoot out bolts that paralyse your body and make foam come out of your mouth. And they like wrestling. They are battleaxe fairies.
Apparently, the boy brigade couldn't get enough of them...
[Image via tumblr Please let me know if you know the source so I can credit it properly!]------------------------------------EDIT: Yay we found the source of this fab photo. It's by Scott Wills and the sweet fairy dust was made by his talented wife Thanks for letting me know. Tumblr and weheartit are the place to go for unsourced photos. Not good!
