Children...bless their hearts!!

[jessica]

I was sent a printout of the Forbidden Zone and a map of Ape City along with other ape-related goodness by a friend from an apes group I hang out at. Ashton, my four year old, was really excited to see the maps. He said he wanted me to take him to Ape City. I said I would love to do that.

This morning he said, "Mommy, when there is no daycare, can you take me to Ape City?"

Uhhhh....squirm....squirm...."Sure....I would LOVE to take you there, but I don't know how."

"But you have a map! You can take me there!"

More squirming..."It's a map of Ape City...not a map showing me HOW to get there."

"If you know how to put on the makeup, you can take me to Ape City. You know how to get there! You know where it is."

"It's NOT possible to go to Ape City. It's too far."

"Can we take a plane?"

"No...we have to take a spaceship that goes faster than the speed of light...hit a wormhole and punch through time...and even then, there is no guarantee that we will find Ape City."

He was very quiet. I know he will ask me again. I'm going to have to find a way to tell him it's all pretend.

[toys2cool]

lol! That's so cute!! looks like the ape madness runs in the family

Good job Jess

[vulcan2074]

Thats so Adorable. Children can be so Cute
Sammy

[txteach]

Oh man thats cute and funny.

[palitoy]

Heh, I had a similiar Apes incident with my six year old. He's pretty into the cartoon so I let him watch some of the series and then started reading to him from the British Annuals.

He was flipping through the book and spies the statue of liberty and says "why is it all wrecked?" I explain that it's in the future and there was a war. His eyes went as wide as saucers and he asked "This is Earth? Is this going to happen?"

I told him there are few things that I can 100% say aren't going to happen in this life but being taken over by talking monkies is one of them.

I spent the rest of the night picturing my kid yelling "you maniacs, you blew it up!"

[sauce]

NO! Don't tell him it's pretend!!
Take him to APE City!!!!

Keep the magic alive!!!!! Go to the ZOO! Go to a POTA Convention!!

I'm serious, even though I may sound crazy.

[bgrimm77]

I'm with Bryan on this one....You cant tell him it's pretend. Is there a zoo near you ?

[jessica]

I'm going to whip him up a gorilla soldier outfit this weekend. He said he wants to be a gorilla.

Oh...and warped mommy that I am...I said it was OK for the kids to get the nerf guns because gorillas had guns on the Planet of the Apes. We are going to spray Ashton's rifle a dark brown and make it more gorilla like this weekend.

We ARE going to go to Ape City!!

[Drain]

Kids are that cool, I like to see the maps.

[sauce]

YAY! This is gonna rock! I can't wait to see the pix!!!
:-)

[vulcan2074]

I'm going to whip him up a gorilla soldier outfit this weekend. He said he wants to be a gorilla.

Oh...and warped mommy that I am...I said it was OK for the kids to get the nerf guns because gorillas had guns on the Planet of the Apes. We are going to spray Ashton's rifle a dark brown and make it more gorilla like this weekend.

We ARE going to go to Ape City!!

Your an Awesome Mom. Thats Super Cool
Sammy

[darklord1967]

God Bless you and your family, Jess.

That's the cutest story I've heard in a long while.

[Hector]

Nice story.

[HardyGirl]

for Ashton. So what Ape City will you take him to? A POTA con? If you go to the Zoo he may wonder why the apes don't talk or where Zira and Cornelius are. Maybe you guys on the Forum Of The Apes can work out a kid friendly convention for the families of Apes fan. Something interactive. Just a thought.

[bgrimm77]

Jessica you are AWESOME!!! You and Ashton are gonna have so much fun