Third child is 16 years old. He has always
loved his legos-the hand me down (do you believe I even have
my old first run legos?) from sister and brother, Duplos, his first sets, Star Wars, Western,boats, racing sets, etc. The favorite of all are the Harry Potter sets. On Christmas, He would open the set and he was done...it didn't matter if there were other presents to open! He loved sorting the pieces as much as building with them. When he finished, he would play with the set for hours, BUT, he would not take it apart and do it again. I thought that would be fun-he had done that with previous sets but not HP. They were put together and stayed together. Then the models were put on shelves and dressers and displayed. I asked him to take them apart many times-but no....Look, I loooved the Harry Potter days of reading the books together and going to Barnes and Noble to the midnight release parties and dressing up as Harry for Halloween, so I really understood. Then they stopped making the HP sets...(Star Wars was back) or else I couldn't find them...
Now, he needs a bit more room in his space. He decided to take them apart and put them away....Fine -good idea....
NO-now I am the one who can't let go! I guess I feel these are the last "toys" he played with and as long as they were there, that little boy was, too.
So, I said calmly,
"Why don't you fix them up (blow the dust off) and put the sets into ziplocs and we will keep them for other kids?"
(am I thinking grandkids?)
Then he makes my day, by saying that it's a good idea and he fixes them up and takes photos of each then puts them into the bags! How great was this!
I got to see him surrounded by his legos again and keep that picture in my mind! It took a few days!!
Yes, pretty sad that I can't LEGGO, but this is the baby....senior year in the Fall-and I just can't believe it, I guess...
Anyone else going through this? September -take your time!
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