Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks, came out recently on Apple TV+. We decided to watch it, and introduce a bit of WWII events to the kid. During the scene where the Canadian corvette, HMCS Dodge, codenamed Dickie, came up... the kid grinned and said: "Dickie? You know... " haha
We've recently picked up Valkyrie Chronicles for the Nintendo Switch, making our way through the various operations. Incidentally, kid and I were excited to see the Sherman Tank on display outside the Haliburton Branch #129 of the Royal Canadian Legion!
Me: "Hey, look at that!"
Kid: "Enemy tank spotted! It's the Edelweiss! No wait, it's not blue!!"
Good times! :D
Kid asked me what 3 letter word makes a girl become a woman? It was a riddle for a game he was playing. Many possibilities here! 30 minutes later, he came back and said he figured it out. AGE! Makes perfect sense :)
While at a travel agency, I picked up a flyer for a tour of Egypt featuring a photo of the Giant Sphinx. The kid knew the Sphynx through Super Mario Odyssey, as the NPC that moves around different kingdoms asking quiz questions to Mario. When he saw the flyer, he was astounded... "You mean this Sphinx is REAL!?!" Yes son, let's go visit the real ones one day.
Labels: Mario Odyssey
Proud Papa moment:
Had to miss the end of the F1 Monaco Grand Prix due to other commitments... so after the race, I decided to look up the results.
Me: "Oh look, Danny Ricciardo won the Monaco GP!"
Kid: "Did he do a shoey!?!"
My efforts at mentoring this budding F1 fan is finally paying off!