The Star Wars Creator.....

I'm SO IN TROUBLE with my oldest....

I have promised him to blog about his Lego creations, and I STILL have not done it. He is getting really cranky with me!

So, Nico, I think you are doing a GREAT job building Legos!!

I love his creativity, and even though he has a LONG wish list with new sets, he ususally builds the sets he really wants with pieces he already has. And I think that is so cool!!

Here is one of his favorite Star Wars Lego movies!! Hmmmm, it's probably safe to say that about 100 views were him :-)) Or any of his brothers, for that matter!

If you think it's only the boys who LOVE Star Wars, guess again. The girls do too, and even Nina talks about all the different characters.

*Sigh*

I just can't do it.

I know it's a huge deal, but I tried to suffer through one of the movies, and after about 1/2 hour, I just had to give up on the idea of ever understanding what they are talking about pretty much nonstop.

I'm even as far as answering the request for watching a movie with "as long as it's not Star Wars, or Clone Wars - yes!"

Allright, sorry, Nico, I'm getting a bit off track and worked up, here :-)))

The Lego Set "Slave 1" (Bobafett's ship) had been the object of his desire for quite some time (like forever - or so it seemed to me :-) ). The only problem was, it was a set that just got retired. And since kids are just like us grown-ups, if something is out of reach, it becomes even more so a MUST-HAVE!

After much searching we found one on EBay that was actually not much more than the original price had been, and lo and behold, we won the Auction!

Nico had been earning stickers for doing his schoolwork promptly and with a good attitude (which was a desperate measure by his Lego-ed out teacher!!!), and you should have seen him work once he was close, and his new Lego set had been delivered! One night he literally worked until 7pm!!

These first pictures are the set that he designed. To me, that's nothing short of amazing! He really studied this ship, and re-created even the smallest details!

The the day had finally come when he could play with his new set. His very nice teacher even gave him the afternoon off!

His ship goes pretty much everywhere with him. It even watched the kittens being born the other night! I think it liked it :-))

Nico has really been an inspiration to his siblings - and he is always helping them build something, too! They are learning so much from him! Of course his little Shadow (aka Elia) thinks his brother is the coolest guy EVER!!!

I hope I'm redeemed now. I'll have to run this post by the Master later on, and make sure he approves!!