Brain Overload

Recently we took our two boys to the Lego store in Raleigh, NC. Sort of a belated Christmas present plus we just received our tax refund. At first they had a great time at the mall eating French fries and playing with the toys from the meal proceeded by a trip to the video game store for a new Nintendo DS game. Then came the walk to the Lego store. As we got closer to the store we walked so that they couldn’t see the front of the store until we came to the escalator that was located in front of the store entrance.
From the top of the escalator the boys noticed the store to the point they almost lost the ability to speak. They almost flew down the stairway to the front of the store. The smiles on their face said it all. The only time they weren’t happy was when we wanted to take their picture before going into the store. Once inside they froze up.

So many Lego sets, displays and people shopping in such a small store made it almost impossible for us to move around together. That and as soon as the boys picked out a Lego set they wanted indeed up changing their minds for another set. My oldest son looked like he was totally lost. Like a kid locked in a candy store, he had no idea which one to pick or chose from. He wanted everything in the store but he didn’t know which one to pick first. Our youngest had no problem. He just grabbed the Lego Power Miners huge monster set. He filled up his empty canister of Lego pieces and he was ready to head home to build his set.

Meanwhile our oldest was walking around looking totally lost. He did finally settle for the train set consisting over 1,000 pieces but he later settled for the Buzz Lightyear set. He filled up his empty canister and after pulling them both out of the store we proceeded to head home as two boys talked non-stop of all the fun they had and constantly asking us to carry them back to the store in the near future.

All in all, it was a great day for all of us. Especially for my wife who bought more Lego sets just for her to play with, plus countless number of pictures she took of all the Lego artwork that was all throughout the store. As for me, I took a nap and later worked on a music video top post on You Tube.