Indiana Jones

My children are currently obsessed with Indiana Jones. Dave recently purchased the DVD boxed set of the movies and we've watched the first two so far. Soren can be heard at various times singing "dum-de-dum-dum...". In fact, his main obsession has fostered this new obsession, i.e. the Lego company has recently put out Indiana Jones Lego sets.
Soren pulled out his money the other day and decided that he really needed one of the sets. So off we went to the store. I had something to return at the store, so while we waited in line, Soren tried out different lyrics to the Indiana Jones theme. Mainly, all he sang was, "Indiana.... Indiana Jones.... Indiana.... Indiana Jo-o-ones!" (try singing it, it's quite catchy) Once the set was in the plastic bag and we were out to the car, Soren announced that once he finished his homework AND practiced his piano, he would put the set together and play with it. All I could think of was whether there was a cheaper way of getting my son to so enthusiastically practice his piano. There were only so many Lego sets to purchase and I didn't have that kind of cash. Since then, he has played with the Lego everyday. He has taken some of his Harry Potter Lego to create the ruins of some ancient place with a jewel that needed to be rescued by the whip-carrying hero. With all of the spiders, snakes, and cobwebs, it made me glad that his imagination could put something together so we didn't "need" to buy another set in the near future!
Both Katie and Soren have also commented on the posters for the new movie, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Both kids say that he looks "way old" and Soren has commented that perhaps he'll get around using a walker in the movie...

The Thread begins...

I've finally given in to the blogworld. I suppose it was only a matter of time before I embarked on this online adventure. Perhaps this will spur me on to keep an updated journal as I seem to be more attached to the computer as of late, than to my pen. I can thank so many of my friends who already have blogs running as my inspiration to do this. Your postings have kept me in touch with your lives as if I'm right there chatting with you over the backyard fence. Hopefully this will do the same for you.