Month: March 2015

Legos at the Mall

A LEGO Store opened up at the Fashion Place mall a couple years ago, and Ethan has been asking for us to go see it ever since. When we heard there would be an event where they were handing out small Lego sets to kids, we figured we would give it a try.

When we got to the mall, we were surprised to find Lego sculptures all throughout the mall. This weekend there was a tour of America history based on Legos, with sculptures ranging from a life-size Liberty Bell, a person-sized Statue of Liberty, to a twenty-foot long Capitol Building. We forgot to bring the stroller and Rebecca carried Seth whilst I held the younger kids’ hands, so we couldn’t take many pictures, but did get this one with the Lego Liberty bell:

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After we explored some of the mall, looking at the different sets, we finally made it to the Lego Store, where the kids went wild asking for various sets.  I overheard an employee talking about the free sets to someone else, and then asked about it only to find out they ran out of sets within the first hour, but the kids could still do a scavenger hunt which was part of the deal to earn a set.  We decided not to do it, then made our way through the rest of the mall to see the other displays before leaving.

Adam’s First Haircut

We decided that we needed to cut Adams hair before people start thinking he looks like a girl. His golden curls have gotten so long!

Before:

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After:

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I REALLY did not want to cut the curls OFF! I just wanted to trim them. Kyle insisted that the one inch attachment wouldn’t be too short, but he was wrong. Adam didn’t know what to think when he saw his reflection in the mirror.

Human

At breakfast Lydia asked me “Mom, is grandma human?” I wondered why she would ask something like this and said yes. One of the kids told Lydia that she is human too, and she answered with “No, I am a kid!”

Then at dinner, I was telling Kyle about the mornings conversation, and I told Lydia that a kid is actually a baby goat. A few minutes later, Lydia told Kyle “Daddy, grandma is a human.” Kyle asked “Is mommy a human?” Lydia answered and said “No, she is a big girl.” Then he asked her if she was a human and she said “No, I’m a little kid, baby goat.” We all had a good laugh at that.