Evan and I have recently discovered the joys of bonding over building Lego. Or rather I have discovered the joys of building lego and he has discovered the joys of systematically destroying my lovingly crafted models with overly exuberant handling.
But we’re having a lot of fun, that’s the main thing.
In fact I’ve got that tingling in my left nostril that indicates I can feel a new fad coming on. All the signs are there: I’ve been perusing lego fan sites, lego catalogs, and have been looking at the bank account trying to justify spending over £50 on the stuff in just two weeks
“It’s all about bonding with him” I say “And you can’t put a price on the love of your son can you? So in reality, not buying that Lego fire engine and polce car would be tantamount to child abuse really”
This past week Evan has been really ill with chickenpox. He’s been lethargic, nautious, and generally poorly. The poor guy has been really suffering.
“Excellent!” I thought. “a great excuse to buy more Lego!!”
So once he was better I took him and Amy to Toys R Us to get my fix reward him for being such a very brave boy.
So we stood there poring over the extensive lego display. He showed a mild passing interest in a £45 police truck/car/prison van combo pack.
“you want that one do you? Well, ok. It is very expensive but if you are really really sure,. And you have been such a brave boy. OK, because you are very special we’ll get that one”.
Then something caught his attention in the corner of his eye and he rushed over to the other side of the store.
“Look Daddy!” he shouted “Strawberry Shortcake!! Can I buy this Strawberry Shortcake Doll??”
“…but what about this Lego police truck?”
“Is Strawberry Shortcake too ‘spensive Daddy?”
“well, no, it’s only £12 but the Lego truck is cool Evan, it has a little prisoner man and everything!”
“Nah. I like Strawberry Shortcake”
“… but it has over 600 individual pieces” I’m starting to wimper now “600 pieces Evan”
“I want strawberry shortcake”
“OK son, OK” and I turn to walk to the tills, a broken man.
Still at least I can take solace in the fact that this is still his favorite Lego man. Remind you of anyone?
