Duplos

This time last year, Ember was 3 and a little bit. She was a terrific reader, drew cute pictures of people and never stopped talking. She could not, however, figure out Duplos (toddler legos). She could sort of get them together but not in any order and certainly not building anything specific. Visual/spacial intelligence is not her forte!

Let's switch to Briar now. Briar has been able to put Duplos together in that same haphazard fashion that Ember did at age 3 for a few months, before her first birthday for sure. Now, she will spend upwards of 30-45 minutes building with the things. Mostly towers and often repetitively. Same tower, same order- 9 times. Then a different tower over and over again. Or a whole series of two block creations all with a green block on the bottom. Just odd enough to leave all us adults scratching our heads! But the point here- Briar LOVES Duplos. Adores, can't get enough. I have to sneak to put them away and I'll get all out screaming if she sees me doing it!

At 16 months though, I've got to wonder if she'll continue loving legos and other building toys when she's older. That would make my mom happy for sure! She always wanted me to be into stuff like that.