I Am Iron Man

Kids, kids, kids!!!I love kids... Honestly they give you a ton of headaches and can be very frustrating. But there is no other thing that can give you such smiles and laughs. My kids are fun. They have soooooo much personality. However, this time I am writing about my nephew.

His parents (my sister and brother-in-law) are both big music buffs. They listen to about everything. They are huge fans of older heavy metal...LOL. So even before the Iron Man movie came out my nephew knew the "I am Iron Man nanananan" or however it really goes. Anyway the release of the movie and the playing of that song on commercials made it more popular with him. He sings it all the time. When he is playing, walking, thinking, and it would not surprise me if he did it while using the restroom.

Anyway he is in first grade and my sister went to parent/teacher conferences to meet his teacher. The teacher told my sister that she loves that he sings that song all the time. I guess he sings it every time he has to walk up to the front of the class!!!! LOL. The funny thing is that he changes the words but keeps the tune to make it fit any situation. For example, "I love mom and dad, na na na nanana" "I am (insert words including his full name at times)." Truly it cracks me up. In fact, it has made such an impression that my husband and I sing it with my nephew's name whenever we hear the song (including when we watched the movie).

Today was a day that the first graders in his school were able to wear pjs and bring blankets/pillows to school to watch Polar Express. My sister had been looking everywhere for an Iron Man blanket/throw for him to take but could not find them anywhere. He has the Iron Man pjs (I know shocker). I happened upon an Iron Man throw yesterday when I was shopping.... it was in a strange place and in a store I would not have thought it to be. But I found it. I guess he was so excited about having it and being able to take it to school. My sister said that last night he laid the blanket out and practiced laying the way the pose on the blanket was. LOL.... This morning he came by to show me his pjs and blanket.

He was so cute about it that I keep smiling as I think about his face. I wish I had taken a picture. After all he is Iron Man.