Ethan absolutely loves playing with his Legos (a "4-year-old right of passage" in our house), but this morning when helping him build designs, I found it so frustrating pawing through a big bin trying to find an elusive piece. I decided it was time to have some "Lego control." I had him go get storage containers from the kitchen and then proceeded to pour out the whole bin onto his bed and showed him how to sort into the various colors - basic organization is good, right?! I'm teaching basic organizational skills. Noble motive...but oh so not his idea of fun. His interest lasted maybe 3 minutes and then he started building his "really tall man" (see picture) while I was left to finish the job. Add to the mix a 23 month old who's interested in either frantically tossing fistfuls of any old color into any old bin or dumping out bins she can get her hands on and you get quite a wild morning. So...is it time for "Lego control"? or time for Mommy to "Let-go control?"
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