Lego Maniac

It seems every one in our house is crazy about Lego's, Matt and the kids are crazy about building all sorts of things and I'm a bit crazy about trying to keep them contained.  I do actually love to build Lego's along with them but I do need to maintain some control of when and where Lego's can be part of our home decor.  For Matt's birthday this year he wanted some basic Lego sets that the kids could free build with and so we now have all sorts of sets that they can build to their hearts content.  It's very fun to see what creative things they create and then listen to all the stories they tell about what they created.

The original Lego Maniac at work creating his masterpiece, now to work on him understanding that it's not the end of the world if someone breaks your creation to get your pieces.

Our girl McKenzie showing off her palace that she created complete with a walkway up to the from door.

Ben and his house which always includes lots of traps and other assorted features like maybe a set of wheels in the wall for driving.  

Here was my contribution to the Lego fun, the small brown pieces were the only ones no one else seemed to be using and I was interrupted quite a bit to help on everyone else's project.

I have already set up the expectation with the kids that if I vacuum up their Lego pieces it will cost them a quarter to get it back from me and my vacuum.  So far I've only made 50 cents since I give a lot of warnings but I know as the love of Lego's grows over the years I'll be rich off this plan!