Lego universe

Gem often thinks about the things he wants to get. He feels deeply about these items and sometimes it makes him truly sad waiting and wondering if/when he'll ever attain these objects.

His feelings for the Lego Batman computer game intensified quite a bit, out of the blue, this week. He had been saving up for Mata Nui, but then, boom, it became all about the computer game. The nearly $30 price differential put somewhat of a kink into matters. (He had enough for Mata Nui and then some, but not the $40 he needed for the game.)

The desperate times call for desperate measures situation resulted in the kids putting on some shows for Barbra and me, their captive audience to their created and actual drama the past few days :-)

The photo above is the set for Gem's show, Lego Universe. I love the Waldorf puppet theater elements which continue to show up in their productions (the use of cloth, the visible puppeteer).

I opted for the 50¢ seat on the floor, Barb sprang for a chair at $1...neither of us took advantage of the upper deck seating (the top bunk of the bunk bed) which would allow a 180º view of the various stages used in the production ($5 for 2 patrons/$3 for 1).

There was an intermission and Gem worked a snack bar charging 25¢ for a bowl of potato chips and 10¢ for a glass of lemonade. The snack bar was genius. It brought their pooled savings up to $40 and we headed to the Apple Store after my appointment with Vinny.

Tonight we have been playing the game, grazing on apples, cucumber, prosciutto, goat Brie, watching Game 1 of the World Series, laughing, hugging, getting in some serious chillaxing.