LEGO!

Last weekend, I had a weekend with Cece and the kids.  I met up with Cece them at the public library and while she went off to drop off the groceries at home, the kids and I enjoyed a live reading of Toto the Hurricane Kitten.  And we got to meet him too.  It was amazing how well trained he was.  Almost like a dog - very strange.  In the afternoon, I took Cameron to the Lego store to pick out a birthday present.  Growing up Nick and I enjoyed endless hours playing with Lego.  Back then there weren’t as many different lines of Lego - we had a lot of the town Lego and just regular-let-your-imagination-build Lego.  I couldn’t believe they had a store just for Lego!  It had a really fun vibe and Cameron and I checked out all the sets and in the end he picked out a space set.  As we were driving to the store, I announced that I was going to buy some Lego for me too.  I wasn’t sure what I would like, but half way around to store, guess what I found - their Architecture line!  I splurged and bought myself the Empire State Building set.  I couldn’t wait to get home to build it.  I figured it's a good work toy to have on my desk next to my Vermont rock monster the kids made.

 

On our way out of the mall, we swung by American Girl and picked up a birthday present for Maggie.  Again, I remember pouring over the American Girl catalog when I was a little girl.  I loved reading about the back stories for the four girls they had.  Never actually got anything since it was all so expensive.  Of course, now they have tons more and they were super nice and helpful at the store.  I think this triggered a nostalgic weekend for me.  I started remembering what it was like being a kid, and then moved onto remembering when Cam and Maggie were younger and how fast they’re growing up!

And nothing like giving the birthday present to a (almost) four year old.  The feeding chair I picked up was just what Maggie wanted (granted her mom gave me a hint).  It was like I was giving her the moon!  She was so overjoyed with the gift and couldn’t wait to start playing with it.  We ended up spending the rest of the afternoon playing on the dining room table, making the Lego sets and playing dolls.  The kids were great at the Lego, Maggie really wanting to help and being good at mirroring stuff - I’d put in one side and she’d copy it for the other side.  Cameron was good at following the directions once he figured out the order of the pictures.  And then after dinner (and early Birthday cake) I enjoyed putting together my Lego set.  It was super fast compared to the Space and Ninja sets we were working on. 

After the kids went to bed, Cece and I stayed up watching Call of the Midwife and catching up.  Well, that was the plan except I was so dead tired I ended up falling asleep during the show and went to bed early.  Sunday, went to church with the kids and Cece and then around noon Aaron came home.  I left super happy, not just for spending a great weekend with great people, but as a bonus, Aaron fixed my car key fob.  Luckily, Cece had a similar issue earlier so they had all the stuff needed on hand.  It just made my day!