S5 has recently gotten very enamored of penguins, puffins and like sea birds. But especially penguins. He's been trying to watch every wildlife show possible about penguins, reading storybooks about them, has a toy or two, etc.
It's similar to S9's lifelong fixation on orca whales. And yes, neither mommy or daddy do anything to discourage these rather harmless obsessions.
On a related note, I am always wary of what I see as my special obligation to help guide my S's education and interests, particularly in areas of "culture". One of these areas in in the art of Animation -- and as a serious aficionado of the art form, why of course I must expose them to the classic Warner Brothers studio cartoons -- Bugs, Daffy, Wiley and the like. It's my duty as their father, after all <chuckle>.
So the other night I downloaded via iTunes the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon, "8-Ball Hare" for their viewing pleasure. This particular animated short was a very memorable one that featured the little penguin character, knick-named "Playboy", which I was certain that S5 would love. And yes, S5 was most definitely delighted by this adorable little penguin character.
We sat together and watched this 8 minute animated short -- and just rolled on the floor with laughter. Tears were coming from my eyes, and S5 and S9 were hysterical.
Since then we've all been repeating the lines from the film to each other, especially the scene with the (hungry) hobo character on the train:
"Penguins is practically chickens! And I hates to see chickens cry soooo much, that I has to put 'em out of their misery..."
This evening S9 suddenly mimicked the Humphrey Bogart character, "Pardon me, but could you help out a fellow American who's down on his luck?" He said this at the dinner table after asking for a refill of his drink cup -- he had us all in stitches.
I am tickled to see that my sense of humor (albeit weird as that might be) is rubbing off on these two boys. I love them so much!
