Everything is Awesome!

There's been an obsession brewing in our household. One which I think it common in most houses that home children. It started with a movie, one which features a whole lot of Lego! John seen it randomly on the TV one day and was hooked, with Iain even buying him the DVD for Christmas. Since then, anything he sees that's Lego related, he wants! So when we were asked to review some toys for George at Asda, it seemed like fate that John finally got some Lego of his very own!

I was surprised with just how many Lego sets were available at George; there online collection is outstanding, with over 270 to choose from! Knowing that I wanted the basics of Lego to start of what I have no doubt will end up as a growing collection, I opted for a couple of the classic sets (this one & this one), as well as a Lego Movie set which contained the all famous Emmet & must soul sister cat, Unikitty. And knowing that David is still just a bit too young for Lego (I don't fancy picking it out his poop, that is!) I also opted for a couple of Duplo sets, which one of which was unfortunately out of stock before the order was processed, although already having a decent collection of Duplo in our house, it wasn't a big deal.

Our Lego & Duplo arrived quickly and well packaged, delivered by Yodel. Having had awful experiences with Yodel in the past (think; parcels delivered to us at not only wrong house numbers but completely wrong street too, then being asked by Yodel to re-deliver them ourselves!), this did surprise me somewhat but it appears there's a new driver in our area now working with Yodel who was really quite lovely. The parcel itself as well packaged & organised and also contained a copy of the latest George catalogue and a Lego Big Ideas book, which John has already insisted I build everything from for him; a nice wee free inspiration inducing touch.

I let he boys loose with the Duplo Farm Animals first, thinking we'd have some nice shared playing before letting John get stuck in with the Lego when David was napping. But no, seeing as these two are Worst Friends & Best Enemies, that didn't quite go to plan! David was allowed only one animal whilst John snaffled the rest away. But really, I can't blame him, they're beautiful wee animals that don't deserve David's teething jaws around their heads! The set includes a wee white rabbit, a goat, a pig & a lovely little sheep, the perfect companions to our other Duplo animals.

As for the Lego, John couldn't contain his excitement when he seen it, particularly his own little Emmet. Seeing him grasp that little construction guy made me all excited for the years of Lego building & amazing creations that are to come, as well as belt out my very own spectacular rendition of Everything is Awesome. We started by putting together his Lego Movie set, including the double decker couch, followed by making various cars, dinosaurs and random creations. I was really pleased by the Classic sets as the offer such a variety of bricks & really are fantastic starting points for putting together a Lego collection. The only thing I didn't expect was just how upset John would get when something breaks, although we're working on understanding the point of Lego being that you can rebuild them! 

Overall I'm over the moon with our Lego & Duplo sets from George and I can't recommend them enough. In fact, I will most certainly be heading there for more sets in the near future and I'm pretty sure they'll be my first choice of birthday present ideas for both the boys and all the other children in our lives. Oh and in case you're wondering, yes I have already stood on numerous Lego bricks - ouch!

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