My daughter has been telling me for a good year now that unicorns are her favorite animal and I’ve been dismissing the notion that they even exist. Shame on me.
Here’s the proof. Out of the blue, as if someone is trying to tell me something, I just got this photo via email from my very own sister. She would not lead me astray. Thanks brooha (that’s secret code in our family)!
Credit to the original author of this unique photo (whoever you are)
So there you have it, they gotta be real. I don’t even think Hollywood could pull off a stunt like this.
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/12/2013Clearly you never encountered that large, full-colour coffee-table photo-book dedicated to photos like this in the 80′s. I used to go to Walden Books whenever I got a chance, as a young adolescent, just to peruse the pages . . . and probably in hopes that some kind bookseller would just give it to me.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Haha, that’s awesome! No, I don’t recall those, but I’m sure I ran across them at one point or another. I had a feeling this came from the 80′s, it just feels like that sort of decade kind of thing.
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/12/2013Yeah, it was totally unicorny.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Unicorny – an awesome word I didn’t know existed…gotta be an urban dictionary word.
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/12/2013I’m hoping I made it up and its existence is comparable to that of unicorns.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Haha, true.
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/12/2013Here it is: http://www.robertvavra.com/unicornbook.html
If you want to totally explode your daughter’s mind, you could buy her this person’s unicorn book collection on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Unicorn-Books-RARE-Unicorns-I-Have-Known-History-of-Unicorns-2-more-LOOK-/171002870510?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item27d090baee
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Holy cow…ugh, I mean holy unicorn, thank you, I’ll have to do that!!! Hilarious…
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/12/2013Heehee . . .
MJ
/ 03/14/2013I was just going to suggest Vavra’s book, but you beat me to it.
Yes, this book is THE book to have if you love unicorns. I have many of Vavra’s books except this one unfortunately. It’s always too expensive or difficult to find whenever it comes to mind to look for it.
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/14/2013Yes, I remember thinking it was too expensive when I was a kid–and I still think it!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/15/2013Very good then if I buy 2 copies I know who to send the other to!
Jennwith2ns
/ 03/15/2013Haha! Nice.
Maryse Fischer
/ 03/12/2013I agree, unicorns are definitely real! Has your daughter seen Despicable Me?
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Oh my gosh, that just gave me flashbacks, I love that movie! The part where he wins the stuffed animal, is that a unicorn? I’ll have to go back and watch it. Love that movie, thanks!!
Maryse Fischer
/ 03/12/2013I’m pretty sure it’s a unicorn. I love that movie, it is way too good, perfect for kids and adults for sure.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Completely agree!!
The Emptying Nester
/ 03/12/2013I can’t believe you even doubted it! How else would mermaids get around when they visit?
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Hahaha, right!! :>
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013You know, maybe King Triton carries them all around.
olivethepeople
/ 03/12/2013This is wonderful news. Thank you for the latest update on the unicorn front!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Ah yes, Olive, you are so very welcome! Who needs CNN.
TheMom
/ 03/12/2013She is going crazy!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013I’m so glad she got to see it, right smack on the homepage! :>
Turn Around and Swim Life | Lessons| Laughter | Love
/ 03/12/2013They are real. E.T. is real. Everything our kids say is very real. LOL!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013I love it, you had E.T. on the brain from friday night movie night (with Reese’s by the way, one of my favorites). About that same time, we instituted friday night game night. I love coming home exhausted to a long game of monopoly!
Turn Around and Swim Life | Lessons| Laughter | Love
/ 03/12/2013Yes. Who thinks of these things? Let’s get outside and throw a ball around, shall we? Who cares if it is 13 degrees and it’s dark. Everybody likes hide and seek for the ball. LOL! Good parents we are…making memories…that usually end up as blog posts.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Yea, they end up making the blog roll sometimes and gives everyone a good chuckle. We’re doing the world a favor too!
Turn Around and Swim Life | Lessons| Laughter | Love
/ 03/12/2013Absolutely! Saving the world one blog post at a time. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Right back at ya.
mistyrennquist
/ 03/12/2013I ran across this t-shirt right after I read your post: http://www.threadless.com/product/4762/Birth_of_a_Legend?j=18006990&e=artistmotherteacher%40gmail.com&l=6061_HTML&u=233021238&mid=88299&jb=1427&utm_medium=ExactTarget&utm_source=2013-03-11MondayNewTees-New&utm_campaign=All+Subscribers
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Hahaha, birth of a legend!!!
Cowboys and Crossbones
/ 03/12/2013Your sister and daughter are so smart – be sure to always listen to them!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013Oh man, I hope they don’t read this comment!! :>
alwayshungry4
/ 03/12/2013Haha, my mom used to (okay still does) call me brooha… though probably more along the lines of bruja. And usually when I’m non-compliant to her wishes.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/12/2013That’s hilarious, I love the spelling! Oh and congrats on your forward progress regarding debt elimination!!
jpstories
/ 03/13/2013Seeing is believing!!! My girls immediately wanted to know whether this unicorn is still alive and can we go visit!! We have ‘bruja’ in our house too… passed on from our life in Colombia as a term of endearment and respect! Definitely owed to your brooha on this one too!!!
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/13/2013Oh I love it! So it’s a term of endearment even in Bogota…nice!! Hope you’re still loving yoga, it’s my wife’s addiction.
MJ
/ 03/14/2013I might add, if no one else has, the movie The Last Unicorn. One of my childhood favorites. It’s based on a book with the same name.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/14/2013Uh oh, I’m going to have to check that out! Appreciate the tip. I’d be a hero if I came home with a unicorn movie!
christy
/ 03/15/2013Hey brooha!! That’s right, it’s a REAL animal… my coworker proudly, if unknowingly, displays this very picture on his office door most days of the week.
Scott Sappenfield
/ 03/15/2013Excellent to hear. I would expect nothing less!!