Senor Detonde

I may not have the spelling of the name exactly right, but this is the name of my son's alter ego. Senor Detonde first made his grande appearance when Layne was about four years old. Layne would run around the house, fighting invisible evil people like a superhero, shouting "Senor Detonde never gives up!". Every now and then, Senor Detonde would turn on one of us for a "fight to the death". I loved it. I have no idea how he came up with the character nor the name. He dressed a little like Zorro but there was no Tonto. Layne spoke often of Senor Detonde and his adventures in Layne's dreams at night. It was truly amazing what trouble this character could get into! It was not until Layne was studying the solar system in pre-K that a drawing on Senor Detonde surfaced. I stared at it in amazement- I finally knew what this character looked like. Not only that, I saw his home planet and his sidekick!

Recently, Senor Detonde has not been around much- I guess this is part of him growing up. However, his name does come up when Blair is misbehaving. Layne is never slow to tell Blair that he can call Senor Detonde to arrange for a flight to take her to another planet and leave her there- it's nice to know people in higher places. :-)