7and8

I've successfully instilled a love for LEGOs in 7&8. Now comes the hard part. Letting them build ugly asymmetrical hunks of stacked bricks without grabbing it and making it what I see in my mind's eye. I really am appalled at my silent reaction. Saying, "That's neat." "oohing" and "aahing" at the details they point out while thinking (whoa, that thing will never out-fly a TIE). I didn't know I was this crazy about LEGOs, or my preconceived notions. I know this is knitted to some issue that makes me who I am. I know I tend to be a visual person. Resisting those tendencies that are stronger than you know is easier in front of children than other people and especially when I'm alone.
Learning to let the little birds fly on their own is tough. It is easier when the are doing things you didn't. Sometimes its easier to let them make those mistakes that they must so get beyond a certain point. I'm off to "ooh" and "Aaah" and keep my hands to myself.