Rocco & His Swords, Guns & Glow Sticks

Rocco pretty much coasts through life happily... so long as he has his swords, N.erf guns and glow sticks.

Every night, he goes to bed with a gun and/or sword in hand, his blankey and his glow stick or a flashlight. Often times, the glow stick or the flash light is left on... and I turn it out when I check on him before I go to bed.

If he loses any of these items throughout the day, which he does approx 189 times a day... he sends anyone and everyone who is in the house on a wild goose chase to find his lost glow stick, gun or sword. It is annoying when he loses any of these items... not only because this happens a lot, but because you have to drop everything you're doing to find it right then & there... and also because if you don't, you have to listen to a 3 year old meltdown.

Lately, he's been carrying his Spiderman backpack everywhere, filled with guns, swords, glow stick, and tools (little kid hammers, plyers, etc.). There was an electrician here the other day, and Rocco started chatting up the electrician about all the tools he had in his backpack... I overheard him say from the other room "See, I have a hammer too! My hammer is blue!" To which of course, I am very sure the electrician was super impressed. :)

Also... another super-cute thing that I love seeing lately, is Rocco & Dan's wrestling matches. Rocco seriously and truly LIVES to wrestle with Dan. I think it is is favorite thing to do every day. And, when Dan is traveling, it's very evident that Rocco misses his daddy and their wrestling. Not only do they wrestle together... A LOT... but they play T.ransformers together... there is a theme song that Rocco hums/sings loudly and Rocco and Dan transform into bad or good transformers (directed by Rocco, of course) and then proceed to attack each other, run from each other and battle. It's really very odd and strange and manly, all at the same time.

Oh... and those two also spend a lot of time playing guns. They go through the house, hiding behind various pillars and walls... popping out and shooting windows and walls and stuffed animals. I'm told they're trying to shoot all the bad guys. It's pretty cute. And, I love watching this happen.

Of course, I always wonder where little Matteo would be in the mix of all this. I wonder if he'd be into the wrestling... or if he'd be more mellow and chill. There are so many moments throughout the day where I would give ANYTHING to have him here with us and see him playing guns or transformers or wrestling with Rocco.