For Christmas this year Dave gave Porter the absolute best Christmas present ever. Early this last spring Dave had bought an Lego AT-AT Walker and has been saving it all year to give to Porter for Christmas. Keep in mind that Porter still hasn't seen the Star Wars movies (yes, Dave is bitter, but I think they were too violent for him until this year). Surprisingly, Porter was still excited about his Christmas present. I think he was more excited that he would get to spend hours and hours with Dad than that it was an AT-AT Walker.
Christmas day they began their building. The day after Christmas they continued to build and built, and build, and build...You get the picture. It took a good week and a half of Porter/Dad time to put the dang thing together. But throughout the whole thing they had the Star Wars movie playing and there was definitely a lot of bonding involved. We actually had to deal with a lot of jealous little sisters because Dad was so focused on Porter. Luckily, Eva got a cross-stitch that she got to do with Mom. For some reason it wasn't considered nearly as fun. ;)
While we're on the subject of crazy Star Wars projects occurring at the Carr household, I would like to brag about how supportive and awesome I am toward my husband's crazy collections.
When we were first married we rented an apartment that had built in China cabinets. At the time, we didn't have anything "fancy" to put on display so I made the mistake of allowing Dave to display his Star Wars action figures in them. It was only a mistake because he laments all the room and positioning he once enjoyed.
Now his collection has been relegated to three book shelves in the hall. As his collection has overflowed these shelves, he has had to put a bunch into storage. So this Christmas he got the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD and three 12 foot shelves on which to display his collections.
We put them up in Porter's room so that they both can enjoy them together. Plus Porter's room already had a space theme. Needless to say, Porter LOVES them, and Dave has spent his whole vacation planning and arranging his display.
I never realized how many figures he had collected over the years...he's almost to the point of being labeled the "Crazy Collector Guy" a close relative to the "Crazy Cat Lady". I couldn't get all the shelves in one shot, but here's a quick picture. In his defense, when I took this shot he had just put them all on the shelves and hadn't arranged them in their final positions. When he's done, I'll be sure to post an update. :)
