I'll admit that the term Lego boy could very easily refer to me - I build Lego. Yeah, I know I'm fifty two years old, but that really has little to do with it; Lego is fun and I don't believe fun has an age limit. It's time to check out of life when a person believes fun has an age limit.
I tend to build large and complex Lego Technic sets mostly; they have moving parts, gearboxes, hydraulics and motors and can take many hours to build. They're rewarding though - something to do with the process of construction and creation just feels good. But I also build more basic sets and find just as much enjoyment.
Not too long ago I spent some time with my nephew who lives a long way from where I live. I don't see him much so wanted to create as many memories as possible. We get along really well together (maybe because I'm a child at heart) and, just like his uncle, he's a Lego boy!
Like all good uncles should, I brought my nephew gifts which included a few Lego sets. You can see him in the main post image above showing off one of those sets we built together, a snow mobile. He couldn't quite get the hang of saying it right though and kept referring to it as a snow nobile. Funny little bugger.
We had fun building it, the first we'd built together, and I spent time showing him how I build sets, the processes, and months later I'm pleased to hear they sunk.
Not too long ago I found out he and his parents will be spending a few weeks down here with me over the Christmas and New Year period and straight away I started getting things ready.
I went bought him a second hand bike and fixed it up for him, which I've written about before, and started taking stock of my Lego collection.
As I said earlier, most of what I have are complicated sets with several thousand pieces in each. My nephew is only four years old but has an inquisitive mind and...Lego sets tend not to stay complete for long. He doesn't pull them apart mindlessly though, he pulls them apart and alters them, reconstructing them into whatever his imagination comes up with. His parents promote that, as they should, but I don't want my sets pulled apart so I'm investigating other options.
I have a reasonable amount of generic Lego that he can play with but I'm going to pick up a few sets, probably second hand ones, that we can build together and I'm really looking forward to it.
I have such fond childhood memories of playing with Lego with my brothers and dad and I want to create those same memories with my nephew with the hope he looks back someday when I'm dead and gone and recalls old uncle g-dog playing Lego with him.
He doesn't know he is coming here yet, but when he does he'll go bonkers! I think I might also when he gets here because I miss him so much. I'm looking forward to creating memories and Lego is going to be one of them.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind
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