funny kid

Zander has a lot goin' on in that little noggin. He frequently comes up with wildly imaginative ideas for creating obstacle courses, race courses, LEGO creations, outdoor games, indoor games, and... things that defy categorization. A lot of it is influenced by TV and videogames; I try to moderate the screens, but I'm not going to forbid them. I love TV and videogames! Zander synthesizes all of it into stuff he wants to do IRL anyway -- he'll only sit in front of screens for so long before he wants to jump up and play. He also reads a lot of Calvin and Hobbes comics, which is a serious case of life imitating art or vice versa. He identifies quite well with Calvin and loves recreating things he sees in the strip; needless to say, we identify even better with Calvin's mom and dad and remind Zander pretty frequently that Calvin is imagining those adventures!

We play a lot of Boom Blox on the Wii; we recently rented the sequel Boom Blox: Bash Party too. At some point last night, Zan was done with the electronic version of the game and came wandering out looking for cardboard boxes he could use to play Boom Blox in real life. True to form, he played "real" Boom Blox for a good 45 minutes and never did go back to the Wii version. I'm not sure what that means; at least he's not a total screen zombie! :)