I am so proud of my son!
Yesterday Scott and I dumped a basket of mega-sized legos out in the living room. We were putting them together, trying to interest the boy in them. Soren usually doesn't care much for the legos. When we build a tower with them, he has a hard time knocking it down. And that was about the only use he had for blocks.
Until yesterday.
He watched us putting the lego pieces together for awhile and then he surprised me by grabbing one of the blocks and a
ttempting to stick it on top of my structure. He struggled with it for a long time; I was really surprised that he didn't give up. But after a while, he snapped the piece into place.
Scott and I gave him one of the bigger legos, to be a base for his tower, and we held it to the floor so it wouldn't wobble. Then we just sat on the floor with him and watched while he built. At first it would take him a long time to attach one lego but after a while, he got faster at it. Not adult-speed faster but a significant improvement. He had a hard time with the blocks that with more than one node for attachment but a few of those ended up in his tower as well.
He played with the legos for at least forty-five minutes. I was impressed with his determination and attention span. We have the coolest baby ever!
We didn't get a picture of the tower at its greatest height. Because some of the pieces were not securely attached, it was a little crumbly near the end. But we did get a lot of pictures along the way.
I'm glad we took a moment to get down and play with our son.
Yesterday Scott and I dumped a basket of mega-sized legos out in the living room. We were putting them together, trying to interest the boy in them. Soren usually doesn't care much for the legos. When we build a tower with them, he has a hard time knocking it down. And that was about the only use he had for blocks.
Until yesterday.
He watched us putting the lego pieces together for awhile and then he surprised me by grabbing one of the blocks and a
ttempting to stick it on top of my structure. He struggled with it for a long time; I was really surprised that he didn't give up. But after a while, he snapped the piece into place.Scott and I gave him one of the bigger legos, to be a base for his tower, and we held it to the floor so it wouldn't wobble. Then we just sat on the floor with him and watched while he built. At first it would take him a long time to attach one lego but after a while, he got faster at it. Not adult-speed faster but a significant improvement. He had a hard time with the blocks that with more than one node for attachment but a few of those ended up in his tower as well.
He played with the legos for at least forty-five minutes. I was impressed with his determination and attention span. We have the coolest baby ever!
We didn't get a picture of the tower at its greatest height. Because some of the pieces were not securely attached, it was a little crumbly near the end. But we did get a lot of pictures along the way.
I'm glad we took a moment to get down and play with our son.
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