Here comes the Weapon Phase

I've always been a little fascinated and disturbed by little boys and their obsession with weapons. Where does it come from? I've never bought Bruce toy guns or any sort of weapons, nor do I let him watch anything violent.

But he still has that innate love of weaponry.

He has built a gun out of Legos before ("built" is probably a strong word for it - it was just a straight stack of Legos but he still ran around the house pointing it and making shooting noises) and became interested in swords when he got a Playmobil advent calendar that had a Mideval theme with tiny swords, horses, knights, and treasure.

Here Bruce is swordfighting his cousin at Grandma and Grandpa's house, where there are limited weapons and they are all made of foam.