Today we took a day trip to Birmingham for the LEGO Festival! The 6 and 7 year olds were so pumped about it. They dressed themselves in Lego Star Wars shirts and Lego Indiana Jones shirts and they fit in well. I guess this was the Lego version of a small Jr equivalent of Comicon. LOTS OF LEGOS!! The parents were as bad as the kids. Cutting line and pushing...I really didn't realize there was a line and they started the pushing first :). A LINE has a beginning and an end, THAT was a circle!
Anyway, we came away with a bag full of tiny little weapons that I may as well go throw them into the vacuum cleaner canister right now b/c they will end up there anyway. They also bought some more minifigures ( a dozen) , oh yeah we needed some more! I saw a man buy the DEATH STAR! Yes, the $500 one! His kid was in a stroller, so I'm assuming he bought it for himself. Wish I could see what happens when his little angel gets ahold of that thing!
The models were really something to see. There were the Twin Towers on fire, The Honda building, Museum of Modern Art and many others. They were impressive!
After learning a lot about Autism and Asperger's in order to raise Cooper, I can say that my opinion is that this would have been a really good case study for socializing Asperger kids in an overstimulating environment-as long as it's about Legos!
I rate this up there w/ Thomas the Tank Engine. It was really great to go see Thomas and ride the train but it was expensive and crowded but were glad we went. The boys loved it during that phase of their lives much like the Lego Festival and this phase. Oh well, making memories. Isn't that what it's really all about anyway?
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