PEAR TREE LOG

pear tree log: I started this blog to keep my younger son, Jonny, in touch with life in Lincolnshire, while he spent a year working in China. That year turned into five! Now he is home and training to become a physics teacher. This is simply a patchwork quilt of some of the things I enjoy - life in rural Lincolnshire, our animals, friends, architecture, books, the gardens, and things of passing interest.



Thursday, 13 June 2013

"Time out, Gran"


These building blocks are about 25 years old.   
They have been in storage since my children grew up.
Davina, Tim and Jonny got so much enjoyment from them that we decided to hang on to them, 
for any grandchildren who may come along, 
like Harry and Francesca.
Now that Harry is five, and has nimble fingers, we have brought them out for him to enjoy.
He has similar bricks at home, but they are all geared towards building spaceships.

He is enchanted by the little horses, the soldiers, pirates and sharks.
Each evening, as we meet him from the school bus, his first question is always whether he can play with the castles and horses until mummy and daddy come home.
George usually plays with him, but yesterday he was busy.
So Harry had to settle for Gran instead.

I thought I was doing really well, pouring boiling oil on people, firing arrows and defending my castle...
but suddenly I heard the words
"Time out, Gran."
Apparently only Harry is allowed to win.

I have never been in time out before - but it is strangely appealing.
One minute for every year of age 
Yippee!  
That means I have a whole hour to myself!
Bliss.

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13 comments:

  1. Vintage Jane13 June 2013 at 13:48

    My 10 year old still loves his lego, in fact so do I ... Granny's time out is so funny! M x

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  2. Meggie13 June 2013 at 13:53

    The "time out" made me laugh out loud....you are so funny Gran! Harry is very lucky to have such a special grandmother in his life....

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  3. Jane and Chris13 June 2013 at 15:58

    At least you didn't have to sit on the naughty chair!
    Jane x

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  4. Susan13 June 2013 at 17:19

    Love that concept--wonder if I can convince my Grans to follow!

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  5. Joanne Noragon13 June 2013 at 17:44

    Even if castle and dragon legos are still available they can't be half as cool as the ones his mum and uncles played with.

    Your first time out, then? Be careful Harry doesn't catch on.

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  6. Ms Sparrow13 June 2013 at 18:29

    Legos are a wonderful toy for kids. It sound like you are giving Harry some history lessons along with his play time. Since you Brits have such a tremendous amount of history (compared to us Yanks) I guess you have to start them early!

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  7. Cro Magnon14 June 2013 at 05:12

    I'm from the age of Meccanno (sp?). I loved it, and now wish I'd been able to hang on to it for my grandsons.

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  8. Jan14 June 2013 at 09:36

    My nieces still play with the Lego from MY childhood. Very basic stuff but it seems to hit their creativity buttons! Jx

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  9. Unknown14 June 2013 at 20:38

    hysterical... a lovely story x

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  10. Moving with Mitchell15 June 2013 at 19:52

    Wow. If that's the way it works, I want a time out, too! Harry is very clever.

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  11. Little Home In The Country16 June 2013 at 12:24

    Oh, that is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! Our older children are now adults and our youngest boy (8) takes great pleasure in playing with all the Lego that we have collected over the years. It's such a creative toy with loads of possibilities for play. We have very few toys as they mostly don't have the staying power that Lego does.

    Hope you enjoyed your time out! XO

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  12. Unknown19 June 2013 at 04:51

    Oh I want to play! (I'd probably be in 'time out' most of the time.)

    Janet

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  13. Elaine19 June 2013 at 10:39

    Hello Everyone,
    Thank you for all you wonderful comments. Apologies for not replying...laptop computer problems have meant that I have been without an internet connection for much of the last week. Sometimes it connects, then it drops out - while I am in mid comment, or email. Everything gets lost and I get frustrated! My little laptop elf has been working on it. I have my fingers crossed that it has now been fixed because otherwise I may take a hammer to it.x

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