Ryan got his first set of "big kid" legos for Christmas from his Auntie M. He has been tinkering with them since Christmas and today discovered the "maps" (the direction booklets). The set that he got is a vehicle set, so there are several different car/truck directions. The directions were a little hard for him to follow on his own, but we did it together and he was so proud of the tow truck and jeep he made. We went on to make a red race car, a yellow car with a hood that opens so you can see the engine, a platform for the cars to drive up on so the mechanic can roll under them on his rolling board to work on the car, a green 4 wheeler and a few other things. He played with this for a good long while and then discovered that at the back of each directions book there were two things . . . ads for other lego kits and more ideas of what to build with this current set.
tow truck and blue jeep
So, he has already started his Christmas list for next year and he decided we had to make all of the other things that were displayed. The directions for 3 of these additional vehicles were on-line (thank goodness, I'm not so good at the free hand lego building). Anyway, the directions were really hard to find on the lego site, but I finally did find them and we went on to make a tractor trailer truck that had a steam shovel on the back, and then a green race car. We then went back and made the tractor trailer truck again. He did nothing else besides play legos today. We built legos, ate lunch, rested with his legos, built legos, ate dinner, got ready for bed, built legos, and went to bed. He took the tractor trailer truck and steam shovel to bed with him.
tractor trailer truck and steam shovel
