What parent hasn’t stepped on that stray lego in the middle of the night and said ‘ENOUGH! no more Lego’s!’? But have you ever seen a toddler do the same. Picture this:
It was a rough morning for me, Lupus made my sleep last night nearly non existent despite having taken muscle relaxant to help me sleep (doctors order). So when I got up this morning I carefully traversed the living room slowly sweeping my feet from side to side in order to disarm those rogue legos poised to strike. I made it without having my feet punctured by these tiny assassins who take pleasure watching adults hop around cursing. After making my coffee and taking my meds I was greeted by Kevyn who, in his cheerful morning disposition (which cannot be handled without a cup of coffee first), ran to me with a big smile saying “MORNING MAMA!” and he gave me a big hug. He then went in to the living room to play and watch some Blues Clues when all of a sudden I hear him scream. Before I could go to him, he came into the kitchen crying holding 3 of the a fore mentioned rogue assassins and threw them in the trash.
I asked him what happened and he simply replied “Dey hurt my foot!”, I couldn’t help but laugh. He got mad at me for giggling at him and said: “Don’t laugh! IT NOT FUNNY!”. When I asked him if we should get rid of the legos he told me “No, I like da Legos”. To which I replied “Well, maybe you should make sure to put them away when your done playing with them then”. It only took a few minutes to console him and check his foot to make sure it was ok and he happily went back to watching his Blues Clues. When I came in to the living room after making breakfast I was surprised to see that he picked up the remaining legos and safely imprisoned them in a toy bin.
Now Kevyn is happily playing with the same legos that can cause so much pain but he is being rather careful for a 3.5 year old and one by one putting them back in their prison when he takes his creations apart. So while this morning’s battle may have caused some pain, Kevyn learned a very important lesson; When not being used to build things, Legos are evil foot assassins that must be carefully contained. A small victory in the battle of Legos vs. Feet!