Fatherhood has many joys. One of them being the excuse to play with toys. And play we do in the Eicher household.The king of all toys is clearly Lego. Those little bricks with thousands of possibilities.
What a joy to see Enoch digging into the tub of Lego pieces that were the fund of so many days of play for Stefan and myself. Some of the oldest pieces are at least 50 years old -(hand-me-downs in finest OM tradition). Most of the pieces are from the early 80s which puts them at least 30 years old.
How strong they are. How many sets of imaginations they have run.
And what a thrill for Sheba and myself to see the little dreams being made into reality by Enoch.
Above we see a mini-tractor with its liftable hood for repairs. On the side an ambulance. All conceived and made by Enoch - and soon to be remade into something else. Yesterday Enoch constructed a tractor with front wheels that were very cleverly articulated - something I don't think we ever thought of in our days. Today that tractor is already in pieces and being used for something else...
A huge thanks to Mum for faithfully keeping all these treasures. We hear that cousin Ashish has taken to Duplo with a vengeance, after uncle Phil brought a farm set to go with the helicopter set Enoch sent him.
A new generation of builders is being nurtured. The greatest toy ever continues to mesmerise small boys and big boys (who are pushing 40)!
Pushing 40! Please tell me it isn't so. If you are pushing 40, Andi, I must be positively ancient! Lego is indeed the greatest of toys.
ReplyDeleteWhen you can't have all the Lego bricks that you wish you could have, you need to be aware that you can create absolutely anything on screen with Lego Digital Designer (http://ldd.lego.com/) This is a free downloadable program from Lego. This is one of many free programs that I promote in schools here.
Another free alternative from a code-writing dad in Sweden who likes playing Lego with his kids is BlockCAD (http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm) This one is a little harder to use, but still worth knowing about. --Paul
Apropos 40 - 53 days left before till I complete 40 revolutions around our local star. A good age I think - Biblically speaking the idea of fullness / completeness comes to mind. And so much grace from Father God!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great links to the Lego sites. We used to have these catalogues where the good folks at Lego would build whole cities with their bricks (and cause little boys in India to dream dreams about owning more and more sets)...