My boy. Now you are well in to being 6 and growing as a person from day to day. You have started making better choices and your interactions become more thoughtful and more measured as you begin to understand some of the lessons me and your mother are teaching.
But I don't want to talk about that right now. This post is about Lego!
You have now set up a permanent workshop in the corner of the front room, where the magic happens. It is a constant hive of creative activity and where you spend your time when no other pressing matters demand your attention. I find it calming to watch you tinkering away on your latest challenge, seeing you content in your concentration, the quiet before the storm of excitement when you complete the task you set yourself and want to share it with us all.
It is also where you run to whenever it is time for bed. As the hour for rest approaches there is always a pressing construction issue to be solved before we can initiate the nighttime routine. Come on, Daddy, Lego over resting, any day of the week,
And the things you build! You will see something you like, a plane, a bike, a robot, a star-wars ship, and you will ask me for an image on my phone, so you can "Check the details!" Then away you go to your "workstation" where you begin to pull apart previous creations, search frantically through piles of pieces, throwing out exclamations of frustration or requests for help to find or separate a piece. And then, within a short time, you present you artefact. And I am always amazed. Every time, the resemblance is palpable. I have never failed to see the inspiration in the completed masterpiece. A Blue Angel fighter jet plan, an imperial walker, an articulated lorry.
A few days ago you noticed online that lego make mini x-wing toys. You disappeared off for half an hour and then returned with the beginnings of your version, but missing some vital pieces. You recruited me to the cause and I embarked on a through search of the various boxes of bricks, muttering, "I'm sure we have lots of those, I've seen them!" But to no avail, I failed you. The project was stumped. Leaving you to your crushing defeat I go about my day, failing you in moral support as I did in Engineering support. Ten minutes later, you bring me your solution. You have abandoned you first approach and come up with a better one.
