Lego quatro...

We went to Once Upon a Child last night to buy some clothes for Jackson. It's not that we needed anything per se, it's more that I just wanted to buy him some clothes, but still didn't want to pay full price. As Ron was trying to contain Jackson so that he wouldn't pull down every colorful toy from the shelves, I found some clothes and was headed to the checkout when I spotted a big tub of what I thought were Duplos. Well they weren't Duplos, they were Quatros, whatever they were, they were perfect for Jackson and they were a bargain at only ten bucks. We just had to have this 70 piece set of lego fun!

(Quatros are like Duplos, but bigger and better for a one year old than Duplos. Duplos are more suitable for two year olds, according to the package. Who knew?)

We got them home and spent the next hour washing Lego Quatros in our kitchen sink, while Jackson screamed and jumped up and down waiting for his newly washed toys to be all his. While scrubbing, Ron and I talked about the process for Quatro playing... these new little toys wouldn't be left out and about for Jackson to play with on a whim. These would be taken out when he was fully supervised so that we wouldn't have 70 pieces of Lego Quatros stashed all over the house. Agreed. After Jackson was finished playing, we packed up our brightly colored building blocks, returned them to the tub and hid them away in Jackson's closet for another day.

This morning when I was looking over the pantry shelves for a snack to pack in Jackson's school lunch, guess what I found?!?! A green Lego Quatro tucked neatly between a box of NutriGrain bars and the applesauce. It's inevitable!