Jam Meets Darth Vader

On Saturday Fred was sanding upstairs (which is why Jam and Willow and I were downstairs!).  Fred had bought a super duper mask because he was getting all the paint off of our doors and these doors are from 1923 and you just don't know what kind of paint they used.  Better safe than sorry.

Hence, the Darth Vader look.

Fred with his respirator on looking like Darth Vader.

But it did give us a good exposure for Jam.  We decided that while the babygate was up blocking the upstairs, that we would have Fred come down and surprise Jam with his mask.  Kind of like they do for the canine good companion test.

One portion of the canine good companion test is to have the puppy in a room and have a person walk in dressed normally.  Then that person walks out and walks back in with sunglasses or a hat on.  (This test is the one that HRH Berkeley failed.) Now, I have been working with Jam on not being scared of hats, sunglasses, earphones, costumes, etc.  This respirator test would be a really good measure to see how well we have been doing.

So, we filmed it.  I won't tell you how he did.  After all, how well did Luke Skywalker react?  

"Jam, I am your father!"

Yeah, Jam kicked Luke's pansy butt! 8-)

Jam goes in for training on July 21st. Six more weeks.

Lacrosse Sticks Aren't THAT Scary

A few weeks ago, (HRH) Berkeley evinced some fear when two lacrosse players ran by her in full costume with their sticks. Of course, looking like the photo at left Impact by Geoff LaRose from Jesuit High School, Tampa, FL didn't help any either!

After the film festival I waited with the kids for their parents to come and pick them up. Carter, who happens to be the goalie for the lacrosse team, had his lacrosse stick with him and was twirling it around. Since HRH was a bit skittish, Carter happily twirled the stick for HRH to see if she would get comfortable with it.

Darth must have emboldened her.



We will still be attending a lacrosse match at some point in the future. Something tells me that twirling the stick and a full on match are two completely different things.

Darth Vader Meets Her Royal Highness!

It was a moment for the history books. Darth Vader and Her Royal Highness (HRH) coming together.


Here they are at their first meeting. You would think that HRH might be a little freaked out by the mask and weird voice, but true to her Santana (GLEE) nature, she recognized another dark soul and someone with whom she could conquer the world.



In fact, Darth and HRH began detailed world domination plans soon after meeting. It was all going very well. Then a familiar call came from across the room.

MOM!

World domination would have to wait. Who knew Mom actually was in control of everything?