Wednesday, February 5, 2014

You know you're the parent of a LEGO fanatic when:


1)  you can't help but hover over your child building a new set for fear of one wrong move.

2)  in desperation, you have bitten off a brick in order to separate pieces.

3)  you have been caught doing so by one of your kids and they have said, "you said never to do that!"

4)  you remember the joy you felt the day you discovered the Lego Brick Separator.

5)  You have been putting together a set and SWORN Lego has made a mistake and not included a brick.  You always find said piece.

6)  even if you ever do lose a piece during building, you have more than enough bricks to find a replacement.

7)  you never mix up light grey and dark grey.  Rookie mistake.

8)  you've taken your child to a Lego class, had a Lego birthday party, frequented a Lego store or made the pilgrimage to Legoland.

9)  you daydream about ways to organize Legos and search the internet high and low until you find something that works for you.  Odds are you found it on Pinterest.

10)  unfortunately, the person who cares most about keeping the Legos organized is you.

11)  sometimes during cleanup you can't help but stop to make a cute mini fig.

12)  you know what a 2 x 4 is and it's not a plank of wood.

13)  there have been day-long searches for the right piece, often a specific head out of a million yellow heads.  It usually sounds something like this: Is this it?  No.  Is this it?  No.  Is this it?  No.

14)  your child's Holiday and Birthday lists are 98% Lego sets.

15)  you have scoured Amazon and Ebay for an out of production set.

16)  it still pains you to remember how much you've paid for some of them.

17)  you vaguely remember what your dining room table used to look like before the Lego invasion.

18)  you know too well the acute and searing pain of unexpectedly stepping on a Lego brick.

19)  your child is anxiously counting down the days until The LEGO Movie premiere.

20)  no matter what, those little bricks make your child absolutely happy and that is priceless!