Legos. There I have your attention. The other night the boys
had an opportunity to go to a birthday party for one of Alex’s friends from
scouts. It was of those instances where we had double booked ourselves. Mandy
had to work, I had to work and we had a party. The plan was to drop Alex off
and then I go home with Connor and work al little bit from home. Great plan
right? It was until we were told by the boys’ mom that she planned on Connor
staying. Curses, foiled again. Double curses when they saw the backyard. There
was a huge tarp with four blankets placed on it. On those four blankets were
roughly 4,000 Legos. The idea was for
the kids to build their own Lego racers and then race them down a track; Boys
and girls welcome to Lego Nirvana. Picture a dog that you just gave peanut butter to in a Kong toy. You know how they just wag their tails in hyper drive and run in circles until you actually give it to them. Yup that was pretty much their reaction also. (Did I just compare my boys to a dog? Crap)
Come to find out this was a business that they had hired. He
comes in with the tarp, blankets, Legos and track. Sets it all up, gives the
kids building tips, and lets them loose. It was really cool to see the kids
building and racing. To see the imaginations come to life within the cars, or
planes with wheels or Connors car with propeller.
To top off the evening they had setup a screen in their
backyard, had cake and watched the Lego Movie. Full disclosure here, I had left
after only 45 minutes because I had to work and I had to get up early Friday
morning for a very important event (Company golf constitutes important event).
Mandy is the best to take one for the team and stay in Lego Heaven (watching
the racers and building) and Lego Hell (EVERYTHING IS AWESOME) for two hours.
Mom of the year!
It even inspired Alex to come up with his own racer for
President Business the next day.
I really do hate the little things but I love what they
bring out in the boys.
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