Lego Building Machine

In the last six months, both Grant and Miles have discovered a love for Legos. While Grant loves to build from his imagination, Miles patiently follows the step-by-step instructions from his Lego sets. He can sit for hours with intense focus, often refusing to get dressed or eat. And then when he's finally done building, he'll often take the creation apart and start again.

Grant recently saved his allowance money for months, finally deciding to buy a giant Star Wars Lego set. When he got home from Target, he handed the box to Miles: "Here Miles, build this." Miles set to work, and within an hour handed Grant the Naboo Starfighter. "Thanks!" Grant said, and went off to play with it. Many weeks later, he allowed Miles to play with it too.

Miles also sleeps with his Lego creations and their instruction books. At least once he's called for me in the middle of the night, and when I went to his room, he wanted help finding a tiny Lego piece that had gotten lost in his sheets. (I refused.) 

The beauty of this new obsession is that he can occupy himself for hours, which is helpful at a time when our hands are more than full.