My house is covered in Legos. I mean, literally, they are everywhere.
On The Boy's art table....
On the breakfast table....
On the kitchen bar....
And my nightstand....
The bathroom....
On top of the Working Dad's piano....
Welcome to Lego City!
And Ninjago!
Uh-oh, looks like the Empire and/or the First Order and/or the Rebels and/or the Resistance and/or Nexo Knights have taken over Sodor!
Of course, part of it could be my slatternly housekeeping style. And it does kind of get to me that there's SO MUCH! I mean we don't have enough flat surfaces in our house for them all. Sometimes I get to the point where I want to just put up a Lego embargo. No more room, no more sets!
Disassemble them you say? Noooo, not an option. Once built, the Boy wants them to stay built so he can play with them.
He loves them. And he's good at building them. And then he plays with them. Imaginatively. He gives them voices, makes up stories. It's a joy to watch.
So far, this has been my solution:
It's imperfect, and, inevitably, things fall apart, but at least it's an attempt to keep them from piling ever higher on our tables and window seats.
So, now, I guess, it's confession time: it's not just him. No, I have to admit that it's me too. I also like to build.
This is my Scooby Doo plane and Mystery Machine.
Nothwithstanding the fact that I have no idea where to put the Legos once built, I bought that Mystery Machine set for myself because I wanted to build it. (My brother gave me the plane for my last birthday.)
These Lego minifigures are also mine.
That worried Unikitty: mine.
I bought this set and asked the Boy to build it for me because I wanted it: It's Hera Syndulla in a tiny version of her ship, The Ghost. (Star Wars Rebels....)
Chinese knock-off Ahsoka Tano minifigure, mine too.
And lest you think that it's just me and the Boy, may I introduce you to the Working Dad's piggie man minifig, four-armed Lord Garmadon, and Lego Creator airplane.
We are a Lego family.
And just like any family member might, sometimes you love the Legos and sometimes they make you a little nuts.
So we will keep building. It's fun. It's often challenging (especially when tired or after a glass of wine).
It's something we can do together...as a family.
So yes, we'll build every Lego set that comes our way. And we will free-build with the loose Legos too (which must be kept separate from the built sets, of course).
After all, I've already started stocking up for Christmas. (No, really, I have.)
