The boys had a toy sort of like that, but it was a polygon with one shape per face. We still have it, that's a cool toy that I want the grandchildren to have. Watching the looks of concentration, frustration, and triumph pass over their little faces was very pleasurable.
Ben has regressed a little under the pressures of high school, he has started playing with Legos again. I took the boys to Toys'R'Us for the first time in a while, and bought them both new Lego kits, by request. Ben, who is really into dragons, got one with a black dragon, and I bought an expensive ($50!) set that made an X-Wing and a Tie Fighter, so they could each make a spaceship and fight with each other. Ben has been playing quietly by himself and making battle sound effects, which he hasn't done in years. His classes are really tough, and then moving into the new house, and unpacking, and everything have just been a lot on everyone. Chris and I spent spare minute on the landscaping, stuff like that, instead of making sure he was doing ok in his math.
Even though it gets easier in some ways as they get older, it gets harder in others, they need less physicially done for them, and they need higher level learning, and structure. The best part is, we all progress together. |
