Last night the fam decided to run in to our local Meijer and grab some things for dinner tonight. Of course, I had to detour to the Star Wars section to see what was around.

As I popped in to the aisle, there was a lady on her cell phone and a smallish child (4 yrs old or so) just giggling his head off. I ventured in to look and see what's what.

As I looked through the pegs at the figures, the little boy came up and said, "I like Star Wars." Now this was stated not in the Christmas Story way of the kid who likes the Wizard of Oz, but rather like the Disney commercial where the little kid is exclaiming that he is too tired to sleep. I acknowledged his comment and said I liked it as well. Then he said, "I LOVE Star Wars!!! Do you love it too?" Again I agreed with him.

"I've seen all 10 of them!" he exclaimed with giggles of joy and laughter held in.

"Wow!" I said in return. "I've seen them all too. They're really cool."

"Yeah. They are the BEST!"

He reached down and grabbed the spring loaded Darth Vader saber that I Vlogged about the other day. He looked up and said, "Do you know Obi-Wan from the movies?"

"Yes," I said.

"Well I have his lightsaber like this at my dad's house. It is really cool!"

I looked at his mom, still talking on the phone, and showed her a $20 and then motioned to the saber. She nodded with a silent mouthed 'thank you'.

I already had my "Star Wars fund" with me so I parted with the cost of the saber and handed it to the boy who just about fell over. I can't be certain, but I'm sure the Vader saber was purchased. If not, then perhaps they used it for other needs.

This kid was just so hillarious (in a non funny way) to see him with his enthusiasm for the films. A giant fan at such a young age. I just got a warm feeling inside, went back over with my wife and daughter and retold the story. We all laughed and went about our boring business of finding food for this evening's company.