Today’s post is in praise of my (clean) Marmite jar full of spare Lego pieces and several of the orange brick removal tools that you get with the dollars sets.  Which reminds me, I need to sit down and plan my order for this Christmas’ Festival of the Brick.  The fluid routine of the Christmas / New Year Break, its fabulous weather and food and that unusual stillness of the world around me all add up to perfect Lego building conditions for me and I intend to do it on a grand scale again this year.

The Lego jar is not only useful for finding ‘make do’ pieces for the ones that Preschooler SSG lost from the current set we’re building when he decided to open the bags over spare craft paper and a tin of pencils and stickers it’s also full of memories of the various sets we’ve built together.  Khaki green smooth tiles from the French restaurant, clear flat tiles from the Louvre, flowers and wreaths from a Christmas set… I’ll always remember fondly those holiday break days we spend each year building things together.

Are your family Lego builders?  Do you have a Lego jar?  Has yours saved you from seriously injuring yourself by holding stray pieces that would otherwise be on the floor waiting to cause you pain?