"It was at 1:58 p.m. on January 28, 1958, that then-L
ego head Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed a patent for the iconic plastic brick with its stud and hole design. Since then, the company has made a staggering 400 billion Lego elements, or 62 bricks for every person on the planet."Complete article here.
Those little plastic bricks have meant the world to us in our family. Anyone else? I was one of the "earthy" young moms who was adamant about my children never owning toy guns. Guess what my son built out of legos when he was three? Yup. Of course, he had chewed his toast into the shape of a gun at least one year earlier.
From there he graduated to towers and action figures. He loved Bionicles. We have visited Legoland in Oceanside, CA, about 30 minutes north of San Diego. I've included some pics here from our times there. What a blast!
For the longest time, the boy planned on putting himself through college (he told us he wanted to be an engineer when he was 5 and has never wavered in his decision) by being a lego builder at Legoland. Now that he wants to go to CalTech, he thinks he'll try to find work closer to Pasadena.
For those of you who love legos, but would love to take them to the next level, I found this book recently. I haven't seen it in person, but it looks like lots of fun for Legomaniacs who may have gotten older but never completely grew up.
Hint: We have TONS of lego bricks, but paid very little for them. If you have lego lovers in your home, I highly recommend getting up early on Saturday and visiting some yard sales. You can get buckets of legos for just a couple of bucks.
What great memories!
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