OBSESSION (not by Calvin Klein)

Abigail is now obsessed with two things: Lion King and her turquoise sparkly shoes. I suppose it’s normal for kids to go through phases. I know I had my share of obsessions growing up. Most memorably: Treasure Trolls, Pocahontas and to the utter dismay of my dad…‘NSYNC.

The Lion King obsession has been developing for awhile. About a year ago, my friend Becky gave Abi a stuffed Simba and Nala that were hers when she was a kid. Abi plays with them a lot, so we had mentioned their names here and there. At Adam’s parents house there is a Lion King book that belonged to one or all of the boys at some point over the years. She wants Uncle David reads it to her over and over and over and he doesn’t seem to mind. Then a couple weeks ago, Uncle David bought her the movie – for no reason other than being an awesome uncle. And that was it. She wants to watch it all.the.time. And by all the time, I mean as soon as its over she wants to watch it again! And when I say ‘no,’ she asks every 10 minutes if she can watch it. In our car there is a mix cd with various kid songs that Marci made when we worked at KinderCare about a millennium ago. There are two songs from Lion King on the cd, which she immediately recognized after she had seen the movie. And now the second we get in the car she wants to, “listen to Simba.” At first it was fun; I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid and it is a good movie. But holy cow. And can I just say…Lion King came out in 1993!! That’s 20 years ago!! I felt so old!!



reading Lion King for the umpteenth time with Uncle David

 



Abi's morning routine: toast with peanut butter, Simba & Nala and Lion King movie.
For the record: I obviously don't let her watch it every day



Oh, the sparkly shoes. They are super cute shoes. Traci gave them to Abi since they don’t fit anyone in her house anymore. She demands to wear them every time we leave the house. With total disregard for things like weather or whether or not they match anything she has on. I briefly considered fighting her on it, but quickly realized it just isn’t worth it. I knew she would insist on wearing them to church today, so I got smart and coordinated her outfit to the shoes.