Simeon recently discovered the armor that his boy cousin has. It’s plastic, of course, but it’s FANTASTIC, as far as Simeon is concerned. And since the boy cousin has long since outgrown the armor, one day recently when the cousins came to visit, they brought the armor to GIVE to SIM! He couldn’t be happier.
It’s so funny: whenever he puts on the armor, this is his expression. He doesn’t smile while wearing armor. Armor is serious. It’s especially amusing, since he’s generally such a smiley little kid, but armor isn’t for smiling.
We also recently had a book from the library about St. George and the dragon, so Simeon is often dragon-fighting when he wears his armor. The sword didn’t accompany the armor (which is FINE with me, since waving weaponry – even plastic weaponry – around and whacking things and people aren’t my favorite activities for the 2-year-old set), but Simeon doesn’t seem to notice or care that he’s unarmed.
Of course, he’s also happy to be the dragon for Naomi to fight while she’s St. George, wearing the armor.
This phase reminds me so much of when my brother was little and my sister got him armor for Christmas. It was his #1 favorite gift that Christmas, and he followed her around for days afterwards, wearing the armor and saying, “Thank you for the armor!”
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