Fifty years ago today, Ole Kirk Christansen received approval for his patent of the original LEGO brick, as Boing Boing reminds us. We’re huge fans of the plastic pieces around our house. LEGOs were one of the formative toys of my childhood, especially after my brother brought home several paper grocery bags full of them as part of an after-school program that had struck a deal with the company.
Now, my son has inherited the ancestral collection, and is being very gracious about my tendency to get wrapped up in my own creations when he wants my help pulling apart two flat pieces. Helen, ever the engineer, whips up four-stroke engines with the gears. If I ever write a memoir, I think I’ll call it “Two Moms and Ten Thousand LEGOs.”
Happy birthday, LEGO bricks! You may get between my toes when I walk through the family room without looking down, but I still love you.
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