While we wait for the snow to melt away, the children continue to build every day with Legos and opa continues to buy new Lego sets every week which he shares with the children. He builds the set and then he takes it apart so the boys can build it. (It's his way of decompressing after work.) Or sometimes they help him build it. Or they build it first on their own.
Bentley is a master builder and puts sets together very quickly. He built opa's Creator Lighthouse this past weekend and helped opa build his eBay purchased (second hand) Creator Super Speedster late Monday evening. I bought a Batman plane and helicopter set that he put together for me in less than an hour. It's a good thing I have three other grandchildren to share the set with or I'd think it was rather expensive for an hour's worth of entertainment! Although it's no more expensive than taking the children to a movie. With Legos they have something to show for their time.
Viva received a new Friends set, the biggest one available, Olivia's House. She spent a few days building it. She does excellent work. She insists on working on her own.
Jake works on multiple projects during his Lego time. He works on his original design castle. Or he puts together one of opa's sets. He just finished the police station from his dad's Lego collection. He had to wait for Bentley to take apart his Lego exhibition building because it had the windows he needed. The instruction manual wasn't always easy to read, so sometimes he needed our help. Matt helped Jake when he was home, but sometimes I was recruited. Mostly I helped him find the specialty pieces he needed. The Legos are well organized, but you have to search in the right container.
On Wednesday evening I and Kara were working in the kitchen while Lincoln rooted through the plastic serveware drawer. She went upstairs to do something and when she returned she told me that I should go check out the upstairs family room. Buckets of Legos were everywhere. Bentley, Jake, Viva, Matt and Mark were all working on their own Lego project.
Lately my Death Star is making slow progress. Viva hasn't worked on it because of her Friends set. Matt has been home for the past week, so the boys are otherwise occupied in the evenings. Bentley and Jake have started building the floor of the third level. Jake likes to play with the minifigures on the Death Star. Bentley doesn't do as much imaginative play as Jake. Ever since Rameses chewed on Jake's helicopter I've stressed about leaving my Death Star on the table where the cat can get to it at night when I know he breaks our stay off the tables rule. However, if I keep it out the cat's reach, it is also out of the children's reach. Arg that cat!
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