Shortly after breakfast on Wednesday, I found the gifts that sounded most like Legos among those for the boys, and hid them around the farm. The theme of our scavenger hunt was, "New things this year." For Joe, he found his gift on the new tractor.
Abraham found his near where we had new chicks hatch.
Isaiah went to the "new" cattle trailer which picked up five new cows.
And Jadon ran to the beehives and found his gift.
Then back to the house for our big opening. While all boys were excited, Abraham's utter glee surpassed them all (in the photo below, he is hoisting the Lego box above his head, like a triumphant weight lifter). He has lamented for months that his older brothers have Star Wars Legos, and he has none. He watches the imaginative scenes his brothers act and re-enact, and has had no way to participate.
When Abraham opened his gift, he was immediately a part of the story, and said to me that afternoon, "Mom, look! We're all playing happily together!"
And at night, he said, "This was the best day of my life."
I was torn between sorrow that something small and plastic would be so transformative, and glad that he is young enough that a Lego set is sufficiently amazing to warrant such enthusiasm.
Perhaps we are silly, opening such a special gift a few days early, but I rather like it. The boys have had two days to really enjoy a single gift before we get to further opening.
Oh—and I opened a large box, with a much-hoped-for jab planter. Next year: heirloom corn.
And Phil got a garden digging fork: next year, maybe better potatoes?
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