Samantha and my toys

Those who know me know I'm into toys - I have a ton of them at my office. Those who know me know I also am into Doctor Who. It's probably my all time favorite TV show. In 2007, I've picked up a bunch of Doctor Who toys that are in my office. I've posted pictures of them before (link).

Samantha refers to these things as "Daddy's toys". She loves it when I bring them home, and this past weekend, I brought home the large Tardis from the picture above, as well as the action figures for The Doctor, Martha, & Rose Tyler. Samantha was all excited about that.

On Sunday afternoon, Lynn was out shopping, so Daddy decided to kill some time with Samantha and letting her play with "Daddy's toys". So I broke out the Tardis, and Samantha played with it and the figures for about an hour. She'd have the various figures dance, and she'd sing the Blue Danube Waltz song while making them dance in the air. She'd then have me turn the Tardis on and off and she'd laugh at the sounds it would make.

One of my favorites from this play session was when she put the figures for Rose & Martha inside the Tardis, and then closed the doors. She then had the Doctor stand at the Tardis door, and went "Uh-oh! The Doctor is sad because he can't get to his friends - the doors are locked!". So Daddy had to unlock the doors, and then she went "Yay! They're all happy now!"

It was quite cool - partially as I'm a Doctor Who fan to see her playing with the toys, but also to see her graduate to a developmental standpoint where she can interact with her toys, and give them emotions and stories that were made up from her own mind. Was a great "Daddy" moment because I got to watch it all. Yeah, the lazy guy in me thought it was cool that I got to sit there for an hour and watch her play with toys, but the more important part was the interactive play.

My daughter continues to be utterly amazing to me.