I don't know why, but I was just sitting here remembering Lego's, you know those wonderful little bits of plastic block. The same ones that once you grow up past the toddler huge size that you just trip over and get to the regular size become tiny weapons that hate your feet and the dog likes to chew.
Zach used to disappear into his room for hours on end playing with Ninja Turtles and He-Man, cars, and Lego's. My closet was in Zach's room so one winter Saturday I went up to put away laundry and Zach had been in his room for a very long time. The door was closed. I knocked, he responded with "wait a minute Mom" and I hear all this shuffling. "Ok, I think you can open the door now." Hmmm so I gingerly open the door and thunk, run into something. I can get my head in there now so I peek around the door. The child has made an entire lego interstate system in his room. Big lego's, little lego's, ALL the lego's and the wooden blocks too. There are bridges, and overpasses, ramps up to his bed. I can't get in. He was playing with his cars all over this highway system. He was seven, not quite eight years old. I wish I had a picture of that.
Many years later while Zach was in Iraq, I sent him a couple of Star Wars Lego sets for his 21st birthday and then Christmas. He assembled them all too! Not exactly what you would WANT to be doing on your 21st birthday but it was something to do and different.
Boys are fun.
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oh lord, we have legos and matchbox cars coming out the wazoo over here. I'm not sure who loves the legos more, my husband or my boys.
althought the downside to legos and matchbox cars (or airplanes, those are the worst)? they hurt like nothing else when you step on them in the middle of the night on the way to the bathroom!
Yes, Legos are the enemy of feet at 2am! Ouchie! Zach must have had a wonderful imagination to build such a huge structure. Undoubtedly he and Mike would have been famous friends. That was Mike's favorite past time too -- and Mike is admittedly bitter about his little brothers ruining his TMNT collection set. ;)
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