June 29, 2009
The Return of the King
When Billi and her kids left my house last weekend, the state of things were... pretty chaotic. Now, this isn't to say that Billi's kids are destructive or ill-behaved. No, the real problem is that these are not my children, so I pretty much let them do any damn thing they want.
MY children wouldn't be allowed near my Barbies, and they would be taught that rule immediately upon exiting the womb. But I routinely allow The Spare to pull my most expensive Barbie down from the shelf, while I wince and smile indulgently.
"It's only a doll," I tell myself. "I love him more than I love a doll. Letting him touch it a couple times a year isn't going to kill me."
Every time The Girl Child walks in my front door, she makes a bee-line for the Juicy Coutoure Barbies. Because they come with accessory dogs. But this time, in an unexpected departure, she asked to play with my Lord of the Rings Barbies. (I have Aragorn, Arwen, Legolas and Galadriel.)
After warning her that their clothes and accessories are NOT to be removed, I let her have at them. She also helped herself to Celtic Princess Barbie, Harlequin Romance Barbie, Isobel Barbie and a Superman Ken that I've dressed in a handmade Henry VIII outfit.
The Royal Court of Barbie kept her busy for quite a while. When Billi and the kids left, I was shocked to find Aragorn and Galadriel locked in a lovers' embrace.
Good Lord! I almost turned around and hurried back out of the room! Clearly, I had interrupted an intimate moment. It almost made me a little uncomfortable to look at them. And bare in mind, Girl Child is eight.
And then I noticed his hand in her hair.
Well! Galadriel is just moments away from getting herself ravished right on my desk! Man, Arwen is going to fuck her up.
[Bonus points to the commentor with the best Narsil or Anduril joke!]
Comments
Narsil? Nearly killed him!
Posted by: Marty at June 29, 2009 10:40 AM
Wait! Better!
That was no Anduril, that was my knife!
Posted by: Marty at June 29, 2009 11:10 AM