Legos: Jake

Jake is the most obsessed Lego builder in the house. (Opa is the most obsessed Lego buyer, but he doesn't build as much.) Jake builds and builds and builds. He has many projects underway and quite a few finished projects. He rotates his time between his projects. The other day he was working on his city when he suddenly stood up and said "I have to go build my airplane!" and he left. Huh? I had asked him the previous week (not day!) why he hadn't finish the new Cars Lego set from his birthday. He'd built all the cars, but had not built the airplane in the set. He loves Lego airplanes, so I was baffled why he hadn't built it. He told me he didn't like the eyes on the airplane. Okay. When he got to work on it, he built it quickly and, like I expected, he really likes it. Another Lego hit.

Jake complains that he doesn't have enough time for Legos. He has daily chores, reading, iPad time (he could forego this, but he doesn't), outside time, meal time, time with his siblings, time with dad, etc. He's a busy guy.

We don't, of course, have all of Jake's finished projects on display. We sometimes take apart Lego projects to make room (and bricks!) for new Lego projects. And since we've taken these photos last week Jake has built a few more Lego projects and I helped him take a few apart. The family room floor was getting hard to negotiate because of all the projects in progress.

Jake's Lego Creator Lighthouse which has been finished since the photo was taken.

A Jake Original: part of a castle

Jake's City

Matt built a huge Lego city when he was a kid and Jake likes that idea.

The city has been expanded another couple of sections since the photo. 

A close-up of some of the details of the cityscape.

A plane from the city

Two of Jake's Houses

This is the smaller house of which Jake said "The small house has children in their afternoon nap and the mom and dad downstairs making bread for their supper." He then removed part of the roof so we could see the napping children. Sure enough, they were there in the attic.

Jake's semi-truck is in the foreground.

A birthday gift: Star Wars Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator

Grandpa Tim bought this set without knowing it was on Jake's most wanted list.

A small bus designed by Jake.

I could go on and on and on because Jake builds and builds and builds, but it's past my bedtime. The children have been asleep for hours. I cannot keep up with them when they are rested and I am not!