Halloween opened up a whole new world for Otis. It's like he realized for the first time that he can be anything or anyone he wants. He has insisted on wearing a dish towel for a cape every single day since. He flies to school, the park, everywhere.
Just making sure it's doing ok in the bath...
It's so amazing to see his imagination at work. He makes me feel like a kid again. He was flying past an older kid the other day and the boy said, "You can't fly! Those aren't wings, those are your arms". Otis didn't miss a step, he just zoomed by and yelled back, "I'm flying right now!" Nothing can stop this boy.
He literally will not take it off for anything
So we decided it was worth investing (£6) in a real cape for our super hero.
This video is so long. But I decided to take a break from parenting and try to get on film this character that Otis has created. He gets this scowl on his face and gets really aggressive. I thought I could protect him from the world and weapons, but he is clearly already obsessed with guns and I don't know where it comes from. Obviously, it is not a good idea to film your kids when they're being defiant, but if I followed this, I would never be able to get videos of my kids.
I have a few favorite parts in this, first when he says, "what could you possibly do about listening?" and if you can make it to the end when he's dancing in his new cape- he does this signature knee dance move of Heidi's that he's seen her do on the web cam and I almost die laughing.
