Boys are Funny.

I have never owned a Creepy Crawly maker. Easy Bake Oven? Sure. I liked bugs and could catch them like crazy all day long, but I never understood the fascination with any toy that was slimy. I didn't like goop of any variety. I don't eat gummy worms, although gummy bears are completely acceptable. The thought of taking slimy goop and dripping it into molds only to have little wiggly pointless fake bugs looked, well, pointless.

Well, such things obviously are not pointless to my (three) boys. Asa and Addison got a Creepy Crawly maker for Christmas. It was a Star Wars edition and came with some Star Wars molds. The boys were excited, but honestly, not as excited as Jeff. Jeff wasn't that interested int he Star Wars molds, but got online in search of bigger, better, crazier ones. He was looking for bugs, but quickly realized there was a big wide Ebay world out there full of Creepy Crawly molds of all kinds. He started seeing molds that created pieces that you put together... and then he saw it... the mother of all mold sets... the Mini-Dragon molds. They are from 1967. At that time it was called the Creepy Crawly Thingmaker... and it was anything but safe. It was basically a hot plate with nothing between the kids and hot metal. And, those kids were better for it.

Jeff waited anxiously as his package made it across the country. It came by on Friday, but we weren't home to sign for it. Much to his dismay, I missed the Post Office on Saturday. He had to WAIT until MONDAY. Ug. He wasn't happy. But, today was the magical day! I went and picked up the unimpressive package. Asa and Addison were instructed to wait for Jeff to get home before they played with it, but we did open the package. A bunch of metal plates with silly parts.

I swear I think Jeff only left work at a decent hour because of his new toy. He and the boys sat at the table and made dragons all night. They picked the parts they wanted to use and decided on their colors. They ate dinner while they worked. I brushed their teeth and put their pajamas on while Jeff cooked the goop. I must say, when it was all over even I was impressed. There stood a funny little dragon equipt with glow in the dark eyes. The boys loved it, but I still think Jeff loved it more.

Actually, Asa and Addison went to bed two hours ago and Jeff is still up making dragons. He may be up all night, who knows. I'm counteracting this with Cyndi Lauper. Boy are funny.