So you may be thinking “What are you doing!!” But as I sit surrounded by boxes of Lego, instructions
and glue on my table it all makes perfect sense to me. That I have had enough, no more will I have
to hear cries of “Mummy Lightening McQueen is broken can you fix him” or “Mummy
where is the rest of my (..Insert any name of a fiddly piece of Lego...)!!” Now I don’t mean gluing together your general
Lego blocks I am talking about the kits, Star Wars, Cars 2, Ninjago, Super
Heroes, Lego City etc. You know the
expensive bits of Lego that you painfully put together only for them to be
broken 10 minutes later. Then the painful
cycle begins... rebuild....play.....break....cry....rebuild...play.....break.......cry.....
I don’t care if the main reason that Lego is a favourite toy worldwide
is because of the ability to reuse the bricks to build new things. Quite simply I have had it! There are only so many times one can rebuild
a Star Wars fighter, helicopter etc before one completely loses the plot with
the dam stuff.
Now don’t get me wrong I do love Lego myself and can spend hours playing
with it. After all I am the designated Lego builder
in our household and enjoy nothing better than getting a new kit and putting it
together. Perhaps that is why I get so
anxious when the boys start playing with it knowing that they will eventually
break it.
So over the last few months as the boys attentions have gone from one
piece to another I have secretly hidden them away. Plotting on how I am going to do this,
waiting until the time is right when I can sit and glue the pieces
together.
So time for a gut check, do I still think it’s a good idea? Yes. Do the boys think I am crazy? Yes..... Does
Mr P think I am bonkers? Yes... Do I want to back out? No....! It just needs to be done for my sanity if nothing
else....
So here goes.....
PS. Here’s a tip just in case you
think “wow what a great idea”. Don’t glue
the piece completely together, leave a few pieces unglued so if it drops it
will break but not shatter...
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