Man Cave

The Legos have been abandoned for a while now...

(sad)

 

 

It's all about video games. And he likes to play shirtless. I guess he gets sweaty?!

 

James has kinda taken over the Man Cave. Jim has to schedule time on his own TV! Slight exaggeration :)

 

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Lego Museum January 2015

We love to introduce friends to the Lego museum, so on this day we took James' good friend Dane with us for a visit. We also met our friends, the Mesna boys, at the museum. Lunch afterwards made for a great day!

 

 

The tables Ana setup were a bit messy because they are in process of moving the layouts and adding to them? This was the last month they were open before the summer reveal. We can't wait to go back!

 

 

 

 

 

This Star Wars table looked to be new and in development...

 

 

Noah is a new Lego fan. He was pretty excited to see all the Legos!

 

 

 

 

 

The dudes talk Legos.

 

 

 

It was so fun to get all these Lego fans together!

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Obsessions

We've been through several obsessions in this house. Some have been very fun and memorable, some have been expensive and messy.

Right now we are still in the midst of James' Nerf obsession. The guns were organized at one point but they have returned to my living room floor as clutter. We'll get them cleaned up hopefully this weekend.

Darts everywhere.

 

The best obsession began when James was not even two years old. I remember that he was miserably sick and Dada came home with an unexpected present. A huge plastic golf club! I think it was love at first sight. James played golf inside all winter long and we had probably fifty light golf balls everywhere in sight.

In the spring we moved outside with REAL metal clubs, oh my! It was a fun next few summers of mini golf courses, driving ranges, San Diego beach golfing, etc. I remember being at my grandfather's 100th birthday fiesta and all James wanted to do was golf. It was the cutest!

Neighbors would pass by in disbelief. His swing was surprisingly accurate. They would say, Wow he's going to be the next Tiger Woods! (before that was a not so nice thing to say...)

Well, enjoy this trip back in time. These are some great memories and I really enjoyed looking back at his old pictures!

 

After golf his next obsession was Legos. That obsession literally hurt! Our wallets and our feet! Have you ever stepped on a Lego? Ouch!

The beginning of his massive collection. Later on we move to plastic organizing bins, Legos sorted by color.

 

 

 

His 5th birthday party was Lego themed.

 

 

Sneaky even made a Lego creation. Christmas 2011.

 

This was our living room back then. Lego city.

 

We've also gone through Star Wars, Angry Birds, Mario bros., Minecraft, etc.

I kinda miss Legos. Seems so much safer than running around the neighborhood with a gang of boys!

 

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Minecraft Lego Camp 2014

We had signed up James for a Minecraft class in the spring. He was all about all things Minecraft so we thought it was a perfect fit. His interest started to wane but luckily he still wanted to attend, didn't mind it was tech-free and mainly dealt with Legos and crafts, and he ended up having lots of fun. Anytime we mentioned that he went to Minecraft camp to other friends, they were slightly jealous. We just happened to see it in the city newsletter!

It was a drop-your-child-off-and-come-back-later deal so I don't know exactly what they did for those few days. I saw art projects and then the last day's chaotic fun because I arrived early for pickup.

 

The kids were just finishing up their Lego torches.

 

And then the teacher turned out the lights for the full effect...and chaos.

 

Hey, this looks like a light saber!

 

Just lots of torches stumbling around in the dark..

 

 

And then they came together for a group torch. It was cute.

 

The eight bit artwork-

Ender man, a skeleton, and a pig.

 

So big thumbs up for the Minecraft Lego camp!

 

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Legos

We still love Legos around here. They don't get much action anymore but they won't be forgotten. We headed to the "Lego museum" in March.

 

My two boys with their matching coats.

They are standing in front of a Lego BAR! Oh Jim had envy in his eyes. I'm sure he imagined that in his Man Cave.

 

And even the name of his favorite gin...

 

So this visit was a bit different because the company had a scavenger hunt for the kids! We couldn't stop until we found all the Lego flags! There were a few difficult ones to find and I don't mind admitting that many of the parents were helping each other out. I mean, we wanted to leave eventually.

 

I'm not sure if the displays are always this pretty or if it was the way the light was coming in through the windows. I was just in awe of all the little trees and buildings. I imagined again how much time (and geekiness) was put into each Lego creation.

 

 

We really liked these little familiar buildings.

 

They don't make Kentucky Fried Chickens like this anymore!

 

 

 

Not a Friend in sight.

 

We knew Grandma Laura would like this one.

 

Happy James.

 

This hiker is holding a tiny little Mountain Dew.

 

 

And Tia ChaCha always appreciates this little guy. #gnomebomb

 

New murals?

 

 

And after our Lego fun we went out to lunch. James holds the door like a gentleman.

 

So yes, that place is still fun and magical!

 

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