Lego

This is what our playroom looks like today, Lego everywhere...

 I love Lego. If I could choose just one toy for our children that is what it would be. Today the weather is brutal; howling wind and lashing rain. Non-stop. So the guys have been ensconced in the playroom in a sea of Lego. Happy out.

The best thing about Lego is it can be anything they want it to be, there is no limit to what they can create. Sometimes one child plays on their own but more often than not they get a game going as they have today. As the day goes on the games have added layers of complexity with an on-going dialogue from the various different characters.

 For the last few years most birthday or Christmas requests from the 4 younger children have been for some kind of Lego or another so they have a fairly extensive collection. It is kept in two large shallow boxes, the idea being that they can find what they are looking for without upending it all. That idea was ours however not theirs, so when we hear the unmistakable whoosh of thousands of tiny bricks cascading everywhere we know it's a Lego day. I just have to try and have hoovered the carpet first because it's not going to be seen again for a few days until that particular game has run it's course. We now have a system of scooping up the Lego with a dustpan, hoping the hoover did get a chance first so there's not too many dog hairs too. Mind you, I may have to remind myself at that point how much I love Lego!