Superhero

Superheroes have unknown powers.

Yeah, I knew that. I grew up with marvel comics. But back then, I failed to totally understand the true power and far reaching grasp that they can have.

Reaching  even into the unknown. 

Case in point.

My son.

Emmett is not even  2.5 years old. He has had no exposure to cartoons.

Maybe heard me make a reference to Batman.

Never seen a comic book.

Therefore I am utterly astonished to his sudden facination. 

Friends gave us a pair of Spiderman pajamas. 

Simple blue sweat pants and shirt with Spidy’s face.

This was totally love at first site. Since the first time we put the pajama’s on he won’t take them off. They are not just for sleeping but also to wear during the day.

A tractor is even a hard sell against the Spiderman.

And when you ask him who that is on his shirt...well his face lights up, a huge grin spreads across his face, eyes start to glow and he proudly announces “Piderman”.

 

This morning we a catastrophic turn of events. Luckily there were two pairs of Spiderman pajama’s. We were able to sneakily swap shirts so one could be washed.

Unfortunately our little Spiderman spilled juice all over his shirt and we had to change clothes.

He was so distraught that he just wandered room to room whining “Piderman, pideman”. Then he found the laundry basket and started tearing it apart trying to find his Spiderman shirt. It looked like a poltergeist hat cleared out our bureau drawers, disseminating every piece of clothing throughout the room.Some hanging in spots that seemed physically impossible.

 

Luckily I was able to distract him with how cool the tractor on his current shirt was  and we got out of the house before he could change his mind.

Truly Superheroes have a mind bending affect on young boys. Ours is no exception.