Nick's Architectural Skills

Nick has gotten really into his building blocks lately. He loves building towers and castles and garages for his cars. 

Build It!

In keeping with the Lego theme of the month, we went over to Build It!, a Lego play place in Levis. The boys love going there, but we don't make it over there often enough. It was MLK Jr day, so it was PACKED but it was better to be packed there than at Hero's or Playland, where I probably would have lost my mind. The boys played for over 2 hours with lots of different things. Nick liked the zip line and making cars. Ben made planes, cars, buildings and a zip line guy. They both loved playing with the big Duplo train. I had to drag them away. 

Lego Cake and Hot Chocolate

After lots of fun playing outside, the boys came in for cake and hot chocolate. Nick was allowed to participate in cake time (after he was told he didn't have an option). The Lego cake was a hit!

A Lego Birthday - Part Two!

With a better Lego cake and a Daddy snow ball fight! We are only doing big birthday parties every other year, so this year Ben got to invite 2 friends over for a play date with cake. I found silicon Lego block and Lego people molds on Amazon and tried to mimic a cake I saw online. It's more like 'inspired by' the picture on line, but Ben loved it! The Legos and people were made out of chocolate. And of course, the Lego candles. 

It was a really nice winter day, so the boys played outside the entire time (YES!). Ben had strict instructions that dad was 'in charge' of the party, so I got to sit inside and relax while he played outside with them. Did I mention this was like the best birthday party ever? At least for me. Adam on the other hand took a pummeling of snow balls and 6 year old boys. 

The Sandbox that Just Keeps Giving

...Just keeps giving new and creative ways to play. Like eating the snow while building a snow/sand castle. 

Officially 6 Years Old

And with that, he was officially 6 years old. I'm still not sold on the idea... He even had to do his hair for his birthday and alternate dress day at school.

A Lego Birthday - Part One

The weekend before his 6th birthday, we celebrated with the Wolny side of the family. We had a fun sleepover weekend with Eva and Elaina, birthday cake and of course presents. Ben got some great gifts, including a big hooded blanket, a checkers set, a scooter and games. He was (and still is) very excited about the checkers game and Sorry! board game.