Lego Fanatics

The boys LOVE their Lgeos. That's the understatement of the year - they are actually obsessed with Legos and play with them all day long. They build towers and knock them down. build cities and drive their cars through them, stack them up, line them up. And recently they have started to enjoy the actual sets that they have to construct specific things.

Well, after almost a whole day of playing outside, the boys needed some downtime later this afternoon so I got out two of their Lego sets. Aviation-themed for both of them so that there wouldn't be any fights :).

Here they are enjoying their Legos together, highly intent on their creations. Both boys have seen a major improvement in agility with their Lego sets in the past few weeks - Nate is starting to be able to construct his Duplos on his own and Benjamin enjoys doing the "real" Legos with assistance/supervision. Uh, that is until today when he decided he would do this one on his own.



So here is our just 4-year-old working on a 149 piece helicopter in 29 steps...alone. Yes, the box says it's for ages 6-12 but that doesn't stop our little mechanical guy! He only had a few minor questions for me and otherwise worked independently.


Cheesy smile always means that he is enjoying himself (and Mom is interrupting him for a few photos!!) They were so cheesy today that I needed to post two of them :)

And ta-da! All finished! Ben was so proud of himself and is now excited to see what the world of Legos holds for him since he knows he can put them together if he takes his time and follows directions. Way to go, big guy!