So Mac Daddy is playing primary parent today so I can get some work done. Really, that means that while I'm holed up in our bedroom watching "Gargoyles: Wings of Darkness" on SciFi and knitting Mac Daddy is taking over the taxi and short order cook duties for today.
So this morning he drove Son the Elder to a paintball get-together and on his way back home uncharacteristically stopped at a yard sale. It must have just been one-of-those-things because he happened upon the biggest Lego haul ever.
See, Son the younger is a Lego addict. I can't even begin to estimate the amount of money we have spent and the number of hours he has spent on Legos. And the thing that gets me is he still asks for more Legos for his birthday and Christmas and any other gift appropriate time.
So while I'm knitting and purling sleeve #2 of 2 on project #1 of 2 that's due in a week or 2 Mac Daddy got to be the weekend hero and brought home a virtual carload of Legos for a crisp $50. Seems the young man at the house with the yard sale is more motivated by football practice than Legos these days so his growth is our Lego gain.
That stack in the picture is about 1/5 of the haul. Most of it is still in the original boxes with the little booklets and everything still intact.
I probably won't see Son the Younger for days except for the occasional meal and all I can hear from upstairs is that classic sound of a boy raking through a few thousand Legos on a Saturday morning. The girls have even joined him and are contemplating helping him put together the Lego castle that they found in one of the boxes right after they're done launching the little alien from the Mars set through the tube-thinger.
Maybe I should "work" more on the weekends and leave the parenting to Mac Daddy. After all he grills a mean burger and apparently drives a hard bargain at yard sales. Who knew!
My husband's grandson, age 7, is the same Lego-crazy as your son. Unbelievable haul! Epic!
Posted by: Debbie | August 16, 2008 at 09:12 PM
Wow what a lucky boy! My son would FLIP if we came upon that Mother-Lode of building blocks!! Neato!!
Posted by: Kate | August 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM