Sword Fun

Would a little boy's toy box be complete without a few weapons of war? I purchased the toddlers a set of foam swords. I bought one for Viva, too, just to be fair, but I didn't expect her to get into the action much--and she didn't. Bentley knew right away how to hold the sword and once I showed Jake how to hold it, he was good to go, but Viva insisted on doing it her way. She would not put her fingers around the grip, but instead held the guard between two fingers and her thumb. Needless to say she could not control the sword very well.

The boys tried a bout of sword fighting with their great-grandmother. She indulged them because it was better to armed with a sword of her own than attacked when defenseless.




Bentley can be quite fierce when sword fighting!