At the orphanage in Addis Ababa, both boys would wake up early from their naps so that they could have first dibs on these cool magnetic tile building toys before the other kids crowded the playroom. In the first photo, Zenebe is proudly displaying his building to the nannies and all the other kids, from whom he violently defended his claim on the magna-tiles. His dear Aunt Kathryn just sent the boys their very own set of magna-tiles (so now they only have to wrench the prized squares from their brother's hands)! They have already had lots of nostalgic(?) fun and Amare made a duplicate church building (one of his favorite things to do around town is point out all of the churches, crosses and American flags he can see -- ha!). Zenebe's favorite creations are jet planes. Pretty much if he can get a set of wings on something, it's a plane and it will fly.
Merry Christmas and happy new year! I'm glad I accidentally clicked on the picture above; I got the full treat of those long eyelashes...wow!
ReplyDeleteFrederick's preschool has those magnetic blocks and they are quite popular. If you ever find the transluscent ones, they are fun to play with atop a light table. But sounds like you're acquiring toys at a pretty rapid rate, so I can't really recommend adding a light table to the pile (yet).
And why is it so pleasing to know that you, too, despise the blue LEDs? Alec and I are waiting for someone to make LED lights that you can look at without squinting or shivering.
Thanks for the post!
Love,
heather