She's been watching the Star Wars Films. All 6 of them over the past few months, the last one on Friday night.
And she's been playing "Lego Star Wars" on the Gamecube, it's quite an impressive game, it was recommended to her by her brother.
She's only eight.
She's learned to play the "Imperial March" on the piano, when I'm over with her on Wednesday's she plays it for me. "Very good" I tell her. I loved Star Wars too when I was a kid.
SO I give her a gift card I won in an online contest, Toys R Us, $50.00. Enough for a DS game, but she sits on it for a few weeks and quietly makes other plans.
She shares them with me later - she wants to buy a Darth Vader Costume. It has lots of applications she persuades me, she can wear it for Halloween, of course, but she can also wear it to Brownies and sleepovers and all sorts of other events.
I bite my tongue. Maybe she'll forget. I gave her the gift card after all.
Today she comes over for a visit with her mother, she has something to show me and I've already guessed, they went to Toys R Us and sure enough she's wearing the mask and the cape when I answer the door and I'm appropriately scared, only partly acting...
On our walk she wears the cape, reluctantly leaving the mask in the car, I need to get a picture of her in the full outfit, she needs only a light saber and I've seen some good ones around, will have to keep my eyes peeled...
She's becoming Dork Vader.