Archive for the ‘parenthood’ Category
Painting Piggies
I see make-up as an accessory. It’s not an accessory I wear all the time, but I want to have make-up that looks nice and is fun. Part of the “fun” part for me involves the support of small, innovative, or eco-minded companies. When Lana was about a year and a half old I realized [...]
Spaceships in Lego Duplos
Yes, we’ve built many Duplo spaceships. Some of them were specifically based on ships in particular shows, but they’re not faithful replicas or anything. You can see where the concept came from, or where it was going, but that’s pretty much the extent of the faithfulness. They were all fun to play with, though, which [...]
Wild Wool
I really wanted to try out one of the Lego Games. While several of the more complicated ones looked like great fun, with a toddler I suspected they wouldn’t get much play. So after carefully looking through the possibilities, we wound up with one called “Wild Wool.” Sean and I put together the pieces, and [...]
Birds in Lego Duplos
One of the things we often make out of Duplos are birds. We’ve made everything from penguins to chocobos, with varying levels of stability. My duck on legs from Kid K’Nex pieces was less stable than some. Since you can’t get the same level of precision in Duplos as you can with standard Legos, birds [...]
Dragon in Lego Duplos
When I first started buying Lego Duplos for Lana I was a bit bummed: It turned out I had just missed the wave of Duplo sets that had to do with medieval themes and dragons. I found one of the pre-molded Duplo Dragons on eBay, and mentioned to Sean that I was thinking about buying [...]
