Boba Fett

We've mentioned a time or two that Jake can be a little obsessive about the objects of his affection. Boba Fett is one such object. He's a Star Wars character. Jake obtained a Lego minifigure of Boba Fett with his Stars Wars watch. He was quite attached to Boba Fett until he figured out that he was missing some accessory that he came with.

We think it was left in the hotel room in Orlando. Jake opened up the watch set and the tiny piece must have gotten lost on the bedspread. We didn't know it even existed, so we didn't know to look for it until we got home and Jake clued in that it was gone.

He had a meltdown. He wanted us to promise to book the same hotel when we next go back to Florida. I told him the piece would have been suck up by the maid's vacuum long before we returned to Florida.

Because Boba Fett was missing one of his accessories, Jake gifted him to Bentley. That didn't work out too well. I like the idea of children being generous, so at first I didn't interfere when Jake gave Boba Fett away. But then Jake decided he didn't give him away, but that he and Bentley had joint custody and from there it went downhill. Bentley graciously returned Boba Fett to Jake and Boba went to time out for a week or so. Oh the drama of living with Jake!

Now Boba is back in action and Jake is carrying him everywhere. While in Vegas Matt purchased Jake a number of books and one of them was a Star Wars book. Jake asked opa to take the following picture of his Boba Fett next to the "real" Boba Fett.

I think Jake's Boba Fett is much more attractive than the original. He's more colorful, too. I really like the name Boba Fett. It's got rhythm.