Monday, September 07, 2009

Religion a la Bakugan

Today was Labor Day, and I had to work, but I'm not complaining -- I still have a job.

Anyway, Adam did not have to work, so he stayed home with the kids. Gwen was rescued from the ennui of playing Legos with Xavier by a playdate, so Adam and Xavier spent some male-bonding time together.

Xavier was showing Adam his Bakugan, which are little magnetic balls that transform into "creatures" when they come in contact with metal (follow the link and you can see what I mean.) They are associated with some kind of card game, but Xavier doesn't care about that -- he just likes the Bakugans.

He told Adam that the blue one was his favorite, then added, "But THIS one is the most powerful. It has 720 Jesus, while that one only has 320 Jesus."

"What?" Adam asked, not sure if he was hearing Xavier correctly.

"720 Jesus, Dad. That's how powerful he is," Xavier repeated patiently.

"Where are the cards that go with these?" Adam asked. On perusing the cards, he saw that the unit of measure involved were called "G-force". So, Xavier's most powerful Bakugon has 720 "G-force," not "Jesus."

Clearly someone needs to work harder on his reading skills. Either that, or I need to take him to church more often.

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