Aliens landed at my house this weekend. No my family and I did not let out any blood curdling shrieks of terror, no one ran for cover, and no one saw their life flash before their eyes. These aliens were invited to our home. In fact, guests were welcomed to celebrate the landing of these aliens.
My 8 year-old son, to put it mildly, is a Lego Freak. I love him dearly but he is off his rocker for Lego and if asked, I am nearly certain he would say he loves Lego more than my wife or me. How to compare to this durable piece of plastic that can allow him to build anything his brain can imagine? I can’t, and I am okay with that.
Last year, my son had a Lego party. At the party, his classmates and friends built something out of Lego, partook in some Lego games, and got Lego candy as part of their goody bag. The other kids seemed to have a good time at our version of Lego Land. When my wife asked our son about a birthday party this year, he answered clearly and without a hesitation that he wanted a Lego party. “But,” she tried to reason “you had a Lego Party last year. Don’t you want something different?” When he did not change his mind, she tried another track – “but your friends are going to be bored. You can’t have the same exact thing as last year.” This caused him nearly two seconds of consternation and with that time passed, he blurted out, “This year we can make it a Lego Alien Conquest Party.” He was clear and did not want to consider any of our ideas. So, my wife accepted his decision and determined that if this is the party he wanted, this is what she would give him.
Now, this turns into a men are from Mars and women are from Venus sort of story (kind of fits well with the alien theme too – how convenient). My wife is a closet party planner. She immersed herself into all that is Lego Alien Conquest and ultimately did the same for our house. She decorate our house from the front door to the playroom with pictures of Lego aliens. She made a cake with a Lego alien on it, wrapped Hershey bars (for the goody bag) with a Lego alien minifigure, set the table with Lego Alien Conquest colors, and bought Lego (set 7049) for each attendee. I assisted in cleaning and shopping and occasionally told her she was nuts and to relax. I can be helpful like that.
So aliens really did land at our house this weekend. My son and his friends enjoyed the landing. He should thank the Alien from Venus who doubles as his mom.
Kids, sure can have one-track minds.
You are sooooo right!
Great story! I would have loved to see that house… – I’m afraid I’m a little old “outdated” – when I played with Lego we used to build “houses” and “airplanes” and stuff… not Aliens… *sigh*
You’re not the only one. Lego has really taken off in the last few years and become very popular for a new generation. I read somewhere they did a tie-in with one of the Disney movies and the company had a revival.
Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier today. Your wife sounds a lot like my next door neighbor. She is an extraordinary event planner. Both of my children fixate on a specific subject/toy for extended periods of time. Currently, my daughter is obsessed with snakes and is begging for the Ninjago lego toys.
My pleasure.
I will pass along the compliment to my wife. She will definitely appreciate it.
Good luck getting through that phase with your daughter. Snakes – interesting.
Thanks for reading.
What a woman! He will thank her and when he does, it’ll mean the world to her.
You are so right!
Speaking from experience, not prognostication.
Okay, next birthday party, we’re calling your wife. (And your son – what a cool theme.) Sounds friggin’ awesome!
It was cool. She gets so into these parties. My younger boy turns 7 next month. He wanted minion party (I’ll admit I think minions are cool too). Anyway, she has really gone to town on this one. It should be cool.
I hope your b-day party is great and a good time is had by all.