Legos for little guys

Jackson and Max took a liking to Legos at some point in time last year, I believe when they received a set that had to do with some superheroes.  Mike proved a perfectly wonderful father and sat with them, allowing them to help or do each of the steps in the instructions.  In the past they have built little things like cars and planes, but they also got some kind of Avengers boat and Lex Luthor.

When we went to Mike's parents' house Mike's mom pulled out many boxes of his things from his growing up years, which included TONS of Legos.  We found lots of different instructions to go with all the legos.  We sent four boxes packed with Legos (and other things) to Hawaii and they have been opened and sorted.  So far they have built a pirate ship and they are working on a castle.  Mike found a way to order pieces that are missing from such sets and so far they have had to table both projects in order to allow the pieces to come in the mail.

Here is a picture of Jackson and Max with the finished pirate ship:

The boys made a deal with Mike that they would build all that they can with the instructions we have and then be allowed to play with them at the end.  So, the pirate ships sits up on top of the dresser, awaiting the completion of the other projects.  And the boys just spend their days playing with the Lego little people and the smaller bin of play Legos we have set aside for them.

They also have a play room all to themselves, which is usually wonderfully messy.  We try to clean it up every night, because they seem to be more willing to play in a clean space.  They have tons of Geotrax, which they can play and build with fairly independently now.  When we first got them, I had to sit with the boys to put them together because the tracks were too difficult to snap together.