All Things LEGO

Our brilliant little boy has taken quite a liking to Lego building ("I'm a builder!") and enjoys discussing which sets he wants for his birthday, for Christmas and the ones he wants to buy with his money. (which is all of them) I discovered a free Lego magazine that you can subscribe to and immediately got him signed up. The first magazine arrived this week.

I know, cute face. He has been sitting at his little table, carefully perusing this magazine at every chance. Last night, instead of our usual books, we read the Lego magazine, which kept his undivided attention. His favorite page was the one where you have the same picture twice and you have to find the 10 differences between the two pictures.

Today after school, we needed to return a few books to the library (Franklin and the Computer went back after a solid week of reading that one exclusively) and I asked Ian what kind of book he would like to read this week. He searched the Froggy book series (we have read them all to the point of memorization) but decided that first, he wanted a book about a boy who swims. We ended up asking the library clerk about that one and she found a great book.

Ian then asked if we could look up Lego books on the card catalog. I should have seen that one coming. I didn't think anything would show, but there was one book. The Lego Builder's Guide, which reads like a textbook as you will see below, was in the juvenile section and probably suitable for middle school, high school and adult readers. However, I handed my eager preschooler the book and he sat down on the floor and began to look at every page. I asked if he wanted to take the book home and he cried "Yes!" and handed me back a Star Wars book he was carrying about. He clutched the Lego book to the checkout counter and all the way to the car. He then proceeded to "read" the book for the entire ride home, completely silent and entranced.

When asked to point out his favorite part of the book, he immediately turned to the space shuttle page. He will probably figure most of them out-if we have enough pieces.

Next step is visiting the Chandler Lego store soon and also getting him enrolled in the Lego Builder Club- for $40 you get a ton of excellent Lego sets,every other month in the mail, another exclusive club magazine, a Legoland pass and discount store coupons.

Today, he asked me if we could build an AT-AT (Star Wars something or other-ask Tom-I know what it is but cannot describe it) and how would we do that? I had no idea but I told him that if he puts his mind to it, he can figure out anything. He discussed at length how he would go about building the AT-AT. Lego-obsessed.

(side note-we didn't build an AT-AT tonight because he was outside practicing karate with Daddy for his stripe testing next week)

By the way, Ian has his eye on this:


Yes, the $400 (four hundred) Lego Death Star, which I hear about every morning on the car ride to work. He points it out in the magazine each day too. It does look rather awesome. He said, "Mommy, just go to the store, get out your money and buy it for me. Because I love it!" Riiiight.

I need to plant that money tree first, buddy.