days 28 & 29

These two photos go together so I'll share the info here about both. Alex LOVES Legos and has, for quite some time, wanted the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 robotics set. However, it was nearly $300. He saved and saved (and had a big help for his paycheck he got from the play he was in) and was finally able to order his Lego set.

We ordered it on Monday and Wednesday we got the notification that it had shipped and would be delivered the very next day. Great news, right? Well... it was, EXCEPT that we're not home on Thursdays when UPS usually comes by. We usually see our driver at an appointment we have every Thursday morning, so we got the bright idea that we would ask him when we saw him if he could give us our package early. We did see him, just like we always do, however, he had a huge 150 box order on his truck and was running behind on his route. He was very sorry, but he just didn't have the time to look for it. Alex nearly burst into tears (he had planned his day around playing with his kit all day - doubling up on school the day before so he would have the day free). Sigh.

Alex spent the rest of the day running to the window every time a truck rumbled past. We finally had to leave and still no UPS. We were about a block from the house when the big brown truck came up the side street we were by... he pulled over and handed Alex his box...

He had found it on the truck and had put it in a special spot in case he saw us while he was out. It was lucky that we crossed that street just as he was coming up it! Alex was just beside himself! He was so excited!!! Thankfully, he had gone ahead with his school work that day and had finished up everything on his schedule for Friday... he had his box AND a day free of school work to play with it!!

Friday Alex did nothing but build and program.

Here he is with his "precious"... :-)
He is totally in heaven and hasn't stopped playing with it since he opened it. Right now it's a catapult that senses the colors of the marbles and fires them at the same colored targets. Fun stuff.