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Andrew’s Graduation Gift: A Trip to the LEGO Store!

Chilling at the LEGO Store
Photo-A-Day #4447

On the day after Andrew’s Graduation I took him to the LEGO Store for his Graduation gift. He got some money from family and Allison and I got him some for a full experience at the store. That meant, building Minifigs, picking out a decent sized set, filling a Pick a Brick container (with lots of my help so he got lots of bricks). He was even sweet enough to think of his sister and we got her a special couple of things. You can see everything in the video below.

We spent about an hour and a half at the store and I filmed much of the time, little snippets and such. Afterwards I took him to Fire and Ice for lunch. He made a meatballs and hot dogs spaghetti concoction. I thought that he was going to get the hot dog as one in a bun separately but he is inconsistent on whether or not he’s going to have a bun. You never know. I had some shaved steak and chicken plus a bunch of sauces, mushrooms and some pasta. We finished off with a bacon cheeseburger that we split. It was a very tasty lunch.

We drove back to the house and I was hoping that he was tired enough that he would pass out asleep but no such luck. He stayed awake and then I had to try and convince him to go to sleep. He fought it but once he crawled in bed with me he was out in two minutes. I think he was still arguing me.

We went to karate and he was pretty good. Got into a little stand your ground moment with another kid while in his sparring gear but otherwise he did okay. I had him apologize to Mr. Jacob for his behaviour last week. We’re slowly getting it through to him that certain things are disrespectful and not at all funny. I hope he learns more quickly since he is going to start training with a Bo Staff after his next belt. A purple belt that he should earn by next Friday. I’m not sure if any of us are ready for this.

We returned home and had dinner. The kids then made their BrickHeadz sets. Andrew had Hulk and Eva, Belle. These are growing on me.

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LEGO Sets: A Hulking Out Preview

Andrew on the Playground
Photo-A-Day #4378

Today was a nice day with Andrew. I took him to school and then went to the gym. From there I went back to shcool and played some Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild until it was time to go in to read to Andrew’s Class.

I read the class two books. The first was Different is Awesome by Ryan Haack and illustrated by my friend Wes Molebash. The kids liked that very much. The second book was Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems. The kids loved that story and they laughed like crazy. That book is a great one for laughter. Andrew said it was his favorite book.

We went to lunch at Bliss Bros. Dairy because I had a craving for clamcakes and chowder. Andrew was s so much fun at lunch. We are starting to have better conversations and he’s such a joy to take to a meal. He was funny and sweet. He impressed the waitress, too, with his speaking. She said to me that he spoke so well and then she asked him how old he was. He held up his hand. I looked at him and said, “She just said that you spoke well and then when she asked you a question you just help up your hand.” He pointed to his mouth. His mouth had been full and so he was actually being polite. Well, I’m glad he had the presence of mind to be polite in that moment.

We went to the playground right after that. Andrew played on his favorite things like the zipline and the swings. He took a couple of falls but got right back up to try it once again.

In my video I talk about the new Marvel Superheroes LEGO set that Brian and I built for an episode of Built from Bricks. The Hulk vs Hulk set is a great one. It is really fun to play with, too. You will see when the episode is released.