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Lego Land

January 6, 2010 by Jen

Yesterday JJ had a friend over after swimming in the morning. They were glued to the Nintendo DS’s for too long until I made them turn them off, and put a box of Lego in the back room so they could make something.

They occupied themselves for at least an hour and would have continued but JJ’s mate’s mum came to pick him up. The Lego is still out there ready to be added to or whatever.

Not sure that the tree person at the top of the castle is part of Lego but he was in the box so he features. He looks like he’s the king of the castle.

The final instalment to building Lego Crawler Crane

March 30, 2009 by Jen

A little while back now we were sent some Lego to build and unfortunately there was a hiccup along the way because we misplaced a vital piece of the construction which delayed things somewhat.

After an intensive web search a replacement piece was ordered and sent here.

Now we have a newly built Lego Crawler Crane in the house and we also know all the places to go to find replacement pieces.

You can read the whole three part series:

Building Lego – the highs and lows

March 9, 2009 by Jen

JJ and I have pretty much finished building the Lego City Crawler Crane. It’s definitely had its trials but it’s been a fantastic activity to do together.

Go have a read of Building the crane – part 2 and you’ll discover why what should have been the final post about this is now going to be followed by a part 3.

Documenting the build of Lego

February 16, 2009 by Jen

Lego will either fill you with dread or make you jump with joy. It astounds me as to how a complex piece can start off as a few hundred separate pieces and end up (hopefully) as an object.

We were recently sent some new City Lego to review and I’m documenting the process. Speaking of lots of pieces, it has 481 pieces. I hope we don’t lose any!