Our imaginary son is a good kid. Well, most of the time he is. He’s one of those natural-born leaders. Allow me to mention words which will hopefully explain my stance on this very matter:
If you’re never watched the film Toy Story, please see below synopsis for we believe Toy Story is central to this story:
The delightful Toy Story provides the answer to the a kid’s most important question: What happens when you leave toys alone in a room? Well, it seems that they come to life! Young Andy’s playthings, including the sardonic Mr. Potatohead, a Slinky Dog with a southern drawl, an anxiety-ridden dinosaur, and some very gung-ho toy soldiers, are led by Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll whom Andy adores. But on his birthday, Andy receives a self-possessed, gadget-laden spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who quickly becomes Andy’s favorite. Soon the overlooked Woody becomes very jealous. But when a turn of events leaves Buzz and Woody lost in the “outside world,” they have to get along in order to find their way home. And they’d better do it quickly, because the lad and his family are moving tomorrow! However, their trek is interrupted by Sid, Andy’s cruel, malicious neighbor–who loves to destroy toys…
So we sat down to watch Toy Story for the first time with our imaginary son and the little guy was so excited and animated and really enjoyed it. When it was over he started playing with his toys and his imagination was hyper. If there’s one thing Jill Y and I encourage, it’s imagination. I took some great pictures but there was one which caused some concern:
On first reflection, it just looks like some soldiers shooting a blindfolded doll but on closer inspection, the following questions arise:
1) How does an imaginary son, get a doll?
2) Where did we get an imaginary son?
It took a while to find the answers to these questions but according to the imaginary one, the doll was a war criminal and he had given the orders for her to say “bye bye”. Jill Y was happy that he decided to blindfold her before going through with it. We were so proud. Our natural-born leader had shown compassion for the first time.
To be cont…
I’s say the firing squad is appropriate. She wearing last year’s shoes with this year’s blindfold – a fashion faux pas.
I think we can safely say that she won’t be making that mistake again!
Does anyone else think it’s strange that the firing squad is aiming for the doll’s feet and … ahem … lady parts?
Nobody except you Kathy! 😉
No one would judge you if you just wanted to play with dolls. Just throwin that out there.
Ah they would and do, quite often!
First, I am so glad Bill Y is finally asking those ever important questions about imaginary children and second, it shows a lot of compassion that the doll got a blindfold?
There comes a time in every couples life, when you have to ask how you got your imaginary son. I mean, we just woke up one morning and he was there!
I can’t get past seeing those very familiar toy soldiers, not to mention the exact same tank I had as a kid … although I don’t recall ever blindfolding a doll.
The doll had it easy compared to what he done to his bear.