This is Teddy's favorite line from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Truth be told it's mine too. Actually, I don't know if I've ever met anyone who didn't like that line. I type this in honor of Teddy completing his Indiana Jones Lego sets. All of them. Yep, he has them all - not the ones from the new movie - just the ones that count - the ORIGINAL ONES. He's been working on the really big one, the Temple Escape, but kept complaining that he couldn't finish it because it was too hard. Then we had the arm breaking incident and then he just refused to work on it at all. I finally figured out that my son had become a "guy" and realized that he didn't want help, he got mad when he realized that he couldn't do it on his own and he'd rather sit and stew about it rather than ask for help. Also admiting that he couldn't do it would by proxy acknowledge, that MAYBE Mommy was right and that leaving 500 lego pieces on the floor MIGHT lead to some of them end up missing. Just maybe.
Being the loving, caring mother that I am I delved deep and came up with true poetry to encourage him to finish the project. "Teddy", I said in my best Donna Reed calming & soothing voice, "I'm not going to buy you another dammed lego piece until you finish this one!" Since he's seen the new Cyrstal Skull sets and covets them he decided to give it another go. Voila! Once again where there is a will, there is a way. Or where there is an annoyed mother, there is a way.
Connor decided also that she would help and as usual that is loads of fun. Teddy and I were finally able to convince her to stop ripping off the Marian's head so she could change the expression - it was just getting creepy. Both, however, loved setting up poor Sapito to get hit by the boulder. Hours of entertainment I tell you. I'm waiting for Connor to try to get the My Little Pony pummeled by the boulder, now that is something Teddy could get behind!
