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A funny thing happened on our way to Vegas.

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Two years ago we were making the 8-hour trek to Vegas to visit grandparents when my husband had a minor flip out. My 2 1/2 year-old (at the time) just got a new flashing light saber. 10pm and he was relentlessly banging my husband on the back of the head from the back seat with the thing.  After repeated warnings, the Mr. pulled the car off the highway at some exit in the middle of nowhere, took the light saber and hucked it as far as he could in a field.  (I can still picture that blue strobe lighting up the pitch black field).  That was it.  No lecture. No words. No more light saber.  Momentary silence.  Then the crying started…and lasted the next hour.  A move the Mr. regrets to this day.
A couple of weeks ago we were headed to Vegas again to visit the grandparents.  Baby was D-O-N-E with the car seat so we pulled over so he could nurse.  The boys and the Mr. got out to stretch.  Next thing I see, they’re holding up some stick looking thing far off in a field. 
NO LIE. He found his light saber…weathered, cracked and faded.

What are the chances that the baby had a melt down at that very moment, at that very same place?
Incredible.
Must be some melt down vortex at that spot.

  His guardian angel must be part Jedi.

Comments

  4. Oh my goodness, that is too funny! Having three boys myself, I can relate to the flasing lightsaber and wanted to pitch it out he window. How crazy to find it much later!

  8. That is hilarious! What are the odds of that! I can totally relate to riding in the car and the kids going bananas. I am going to be thinking of a jedi gaurdian angel for the rest of the day.

  14. Best story ever. I just told it to Bryson as he looked at the pictures and he loved it (well, mainly just loved looking at the light saber..hehe!). 🙂

  32. Oh my gosh, what a story! As kids my dad did the exact same thing to us on a roadtrip from California to Minnesota. We were bouncing super bouncer balls off the windows in the back seat (smart right?). My dad pulled over and threw them out into a field somewhere in Nebraska I think! It must be a DAD thing! Great story -great pix!

  35. That is the funniest thing I have ever heard! I hope when I have children and when my husband has a melt down like yours I hope the outcome will be like yours! Hahaha! I am sure your husband was taught a lesson of redemption! Hahaha!

  38. No.Way!!!!! How awesome is that!
    I totally feel your husband’s pain- I imagine I would have chucked the thing out the window, too 🙂

  39. That is amazing! Hope it eased your dh’s guilt finding it again (although I would’ve done the exact same thing in chucking it out the window in the moment). 🙂

  41. HA! That is the best story I have heard in a long time… I have tears coming out of my eyes I am laughing so hard. Thanks for totally making my day with that one!

  44. Wow. It laid there for two years?! And you guys found it? He was so young, did he remember? What an amazing story. I hope he got to take it with him 🙂

  52. Funniest post ever!! Thank you for the morning chuckle. I was actually wondering if you were going to write that your son asked if Mr was going to throw away the baby 😉 Jedi angel, love it <3

  54. that is the best story!
    I wish I could do the same thing and find my super size barbie clothes that blew out of the car one cold wintery night when my dad stopped to pick up a stranded driver.

  58. As wierd as it might sound , i actually read a true story where a newly wed couple went on a honeymoon at their parents’ log cabin.somehow she lost her ring in the creek .14 years later on one of their regular trips they returned now with their children. As dad was skinning the catfish they had just caught in the creek , guess what was inside this monster ? THE RING !!! 14 years later !!! How amazing is that ?

  59. no way! that is crazy! the other day i was in the car with a friend of mine and she said, “i just feel like i am going to get in an accident today”. literally 5 seconds later, we were rear ended. crazy!

  61. I just discovered your blog and I am so glad I did! I was just laughing hysterically reading this. That sounds like something my husband would do. I can’t believe you found it! I also want to know if your son remembered about his light saber.

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