Bea shuffled hesitantly up to Santa. She wouldn't sit on his lap, but consented to stand in front of him for a little tête-a-tête.
Santa: Have you been a good girl this year?
Bea: [long, awkward pause] Nooooooo. I on red.
Santa: That's okay. What do you want for Christmas?
Bea: I want a dinosaur! And a reindeer! And a ghost!
The next long, awkward pause belonged to Santa.
To his credit, he came through on all three fronts. Bea had a ghost flashlight in her stocking, a pair of reindeer slippers, and more dinosaurs than any one child needs. Oh, and a tiger that clearly really just wants to be a dinosaur. He keeps trying to hang out with the prehistoric crowd.
First order of business: A picnic. What dinosaur doesn't like gummy sharks?
Arms too short to reach the gummy deliciousness? No problem. Bea was happy to hand-feed the T.Rex.
The rest of the day (okay, who am I kidding? The rest of the holiday vacation) was one long roar-fest. I'm not sure how that child still has a voice after all the dinosaur roaring and growling she's done. At top volume, of course. Dinosaurs aren't quiet.
A few days ago, Bea acquired a remote-controlled T. Rex. He roars on his own. He walks. He scares the crap (literally) out of Folly bird. He also cheats at the dinosaur races Bea sets up. Picture all the dinosaurs (and the tiger) in a nice row. "Ready? Set? GO!" "AW! T. Rex win AGAIN!!"
That is hilarious. My boy is obsessed with dinosaurs right now. He has a few toys, but most of his play dinosaurs are imaginary. Even at the aquarium the other day he got a bunch of other kids to pretend that the play area submarine was being attacked by dinosaurs (to which an older girl added "and a shark! and a car!") There is something funny but morbid about 5 kids running around a yellow submarine screaming, "We're all going to die!"
Posted by: Observacious | January 03, 2013 at 10:52 AM
Was missing a Bea story, so I came back to read this one. :-)
Posted by: Sandi_k | February 15, 2013 at 10:58 AM