Superhero time

Jamie has a cohort of silly friends at school and they run around on the playground saving the world from criminals and bad guys (there is evidently a distinction there, though we're not quite sure what it is). His friends have introduced him to the world of superheroes, as well. They morph seamlessly from Spiderman (who often drives a batmobile) to PowerRangers to Ninja Turtles to Transformers. Superman, interestingly, is of no interest, and don't try. Jamie, it seems, has either chosen or been named the green PowerRanger, making green his new favorite color.

The funny thing is that Jamie really has no idea what all of these things are. This was clear the other day when an interest in Star Wars emerged from the playground. As a means of coping with Sarah's impending 5-week absence, I think, Jamie has been imagining fun things he will do with Daddy. So the other day he came home saying he's "been wanting to watch Star Wars for a long time" (probably meaning since 11 o'clock that morning when it first entered his consciousness). Maybe, he suggested, he and Daddy could stay up late one night while Mommy was gone and watch.

But later that day, when he was telling our friend Paul Brady about Star Wars, Paul sensibly asked which is his favorite Star Wars movie. Jamie answered with great certainty, "I like the green Star War." No idea.