Magna-Tiles and Legos

On Thursday the boys and I stayed in, enjoyed a little extra sleep and some slow cooked steel cut oatmeal with fruit for breakfast.  Between preschool, outings during the week, and weekend travel, we've had a lot of scheduled days recently and it was nice to have a slow day of free play at home.  The boys got really into building with their Magna-Tiles in the morning (one of my favorites of all their toys), making pyramids, runways for planes, a house for their Daniel Tiger figurines, and a giant hexagon shaped birthday cake (still obsessed over birthday cakes).  After a late morning snack, we moved to the basement to play Legos, but Oliver wanted to stay in the playroom and have some alone time working with the Magna-Tiles.  I love that the boys are all at an age now where they can be safely left alone in various play areas of the house for short periods of time.  I think they each enjoy a little break every now and then from the routine high energy play when the entire trio is present - I know I do!  We littered the basement floor with Legos, making tunnels, bridges, and garages for their trains and trucks all the way until lunch.  After lunch and nap, we continued with the Magna-tiles on the light panel, adding all sorts of colorful and transparent knick knacks to the creations.  Boy, do I love having boys!  I was thinking that this morning as I was out driving on my own, passed an excavator and got really excited to see and watch it in action for a few brief moments as I passed by...knowing full well that the boys weren't in the car to ooh, ahh, and squeal together.  They really have opened my eyes and given me a true appreciation for how cool construction trucks are - who knew I'd one day know the names and details of these trucks, and what the difference is between an excavator and backhoe loader?  I wonder what other cool stuff I'll discover through their eyes as time goes on??

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