Lazy Town

I remember the first time I realized that Joshy was pretending to be Sporticus. It was the day I walked by his room and couldn't figure out what he was doing with the golf clubs until I heard him verbalize that he was saving Lazy Town. Since then, the Sporticus kick has only grown. Not only is he bounding through the house each day, every motion is accompanied by the "swoosh swoosh" sound you hear on the show. No matter what the battle, Joshy's side is Sporticus and Sporticus always wins. Jessi has begun to taken advantage of this trend and gives Sporticus "missions" to complete when she's around. They are silly things like hopping on one foot in the kitchen, but he runs off with serious intent and is nothing if not proud to return having completed his task. Of course when she gives him the missions, she uses some weird deep robotic German accent of a voice, which I suppose is her idea of what a mission giving voice should sound like, but he loves it all the same. Ben is also a fan of the show, just for its bright colors. If he is eating a bottle when it is on for Joshy, he will crank his neck every which way to see the screen. Although, he is not so much the Sporticus fan as he is of Robbie Rotten. Whether it is the slapstick comedy (walk into wall, fall into hole) or the silly faces, every time he comes on screen, Ben gets the biggest smile. I watch as Joshy flips along with Sporticus and Robbie captures the attention of Ben and I can see some duels ahead. For now it is still "eeeee, eeeee", screamed in Ben's face that some how gets a smile.

Addendum: As we were trying to get the boys ready this morning and out the door, Joshy kept bothering me about getting a particular piece of his artwork off the fridge. Why he was wanting it, I had no clue but it was an easy request to fill and move on, trying to tame my own fro in the midst of messing with them. Well, when I come back downstairs, he had rolled the piece of paper up and was shooting himself mail, in the same way that the residents of Lazy Town shoot mail to Sporticus. It is in this tube that they shoot up in the air. He would unroll it and read about how someone needed help. That boy just makes my heart melt. I was always a little creeped out by people who used the phrase, you are so adorable, I could just eat you. But I am beginning to understand the feeling inside that they are trying to express.