I'm amazed every day at the intricate cities Xander constructs. His medium: legos and wooden blocks, wooden train tracks, matchbox cars, and whatever other objects may come in handy. He favors expansive megaprojects: railroad interchanges with infinite loops, skyways that curve over tracks and end abruptly in a cliff, intricate castles that tower over railroad stations, and long, long traffic jams.
Here are a few choice projects from the last month.
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Tree-like castle with trains sleeping on the branches.
Very "carious" (precarious). |
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The long vehicle in front is a lego train designed by Xander.
It goes under the tunnel made of wooden blocks.
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Xander works on a traffic jam.
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Tower taller than Xander. Lego structure next to it
is an elevator. Note railroad crossing (with signs) next to elevator. |
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| Cars are asleep in their houses. |
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BART train zooms across the "road"
(an eight-foot long board Micah marked up with a centerline).
Elevator is next to BART platform. |
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Kai is starting to take an interest in trains and cars--
much to Xander's frustration. |
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| A long house. The little lego person was later joined by his "brother." |
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Lego house brothers riding in their street sweeper car. The yellow part on the front
rotates (Mommy's idea). Kai, a.k.a. Mr. Destructo, is being pulled away by Daddy. |
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| Loop-de-loop. He often uses the ambulance in his aerial train setups. |
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Curving ramp up to the castle.
This was about the time our nanny asked us to clean up more before she arrived. |
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Another view of the aerial ramp. Xander's proud--
he constructed this one entirely by himself. |
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| Final view of railroad city, complete with long, snaking traffic jam. |
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