As the twins have graduated to smaller legos, and the collection builds to insane proportions, I've found myself getting swallowed up in hours worth of building, teaching how to follow the instructions, and eventually just telling them to look at the pictures. This is the age of questions for my twins, and I mean a lot of questions. Kids, just like adults are visual learners. Out of one of my 'question induced headaches', I finally started working smarter toward a solution that will allow dad to get a break from the lego tractor beam(cuz I do love me some legos). Hopefully this can help any of you in a similar lego boat. It took all of ten minutes to make, hopefully you haven't thrown out those boxes with the cool pictures! So far it's worked, maybe one day we'll graduate to the hardcover edition!
This is the blog that I log when I get a minute at the end of the day to rap and reflect on life as a husband, father of three boys, and striving musician.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The Lego Solution
Managing multiples throughout the day is a true juggling act. Often the balls come crashing down and the circus tent with it. Working harder is a given, working smarter is a must.
As the twins have graduated to smaller legos, and the collection builds to insane proportions, I've found myself getting swallowed up in hours worth of building, teaching how to follow the instructions, and eventually just telling them to look at the pictures. This is the age of questions for my twins, and I mean a lot of questions. Kids, just like adults are visual learners. Out of one of my 'question induced headaches', I finally started working smarter toward a solution that will allow dad to get a break from the lego tractor beam(cuz I do love me some legos). Hopefully this can help any of you in a similar lego boat. It took all of ten minutes to make, hopefully you haven't thrown out those boxes with the cool pictures! So far it's worked, maybe one day we'll graduate to the hardcover edition!
As the twins have graduated to smaller legos, and the collection builds to insane proportions, I've found myself getting swallowed up in hours worth of building, teaching how to follow the instructions, and eventually just telling them to look at the pictures. This is the age of questions for my twins, and I mean a lot of questions. Kids, just like adults are visual learners. Out of one of my 'question induced headaches', I finally started working smarter toward a solution that will allow dad to get a break from the lego tractor beam(cuz I do love me some legos). Hopefully this can help any of you in a similar lego boat. It took all of ten minutes to make, hopefully you haven't thrown out those boxes with the cool pictures! So far it's worked, maybe one day we'll graduate to the hardcover edition!
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