Tomorrow is the start date of the January 2016 LEGO Monthly Mini Build, the first monthly mini build of the new year. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s an adorable little polar bear build. It looks to be mainly bricks, but I do see a Technic ball and some speciality foot pieces. It doesn’t
Happy New Year! At this moment, we are probably sleeping in from staying up way too late last night… or we’re getting ready to head out the LEGO store for what I affectionately term “Second Christmas” – the day the new LEGO sets come out for the new year. Either way, we hope you had
This month I hated to miss the December 2015 LEGO Monthly Mini Build Submarine, because it was just too cute. (I know, I know… all you guys out there are cringing at the word… but aren’t *all* mini builds “cute” just in size? Just sayin’…) At 28 pieces, while small, it is a solid little build.
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day with lots of family, food and fun! Our Christmas was a little “LEGO-lite”. The big present around here was an Our Generation doll from Target. Looks just like the girl and she’s been asking for one for a while. So when she came
I had every intention of writing blog posts this week, but as I sit here across from my daughter who is eating her egg and PopTart breakfast, I suddenly find myself wanting to spend this magical week with her… intentionally… and with full attention. I still have work to do, but as far as my
If you remember a while ago, I had an email out to LEGO customer service to get a fix for the LEGO Wall-E neck/head swivel/droop issue. Last week, I read that LEGO was finally getting back to customers about the LEGO WALL-E neck fix. With my family in town, I faintly remember seeing an email
A few weeks ago someone asked me for Piragua Cart instructions. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, the Piragua Cart was the MOC I made at the beginning of the year for the Friendly Food February Building Challenge over at the Heartlake Times blog. I’d honestly thought about not making instructions because what I built was inspired by an
There’s another LEGO style tshirt out there today… Check out the LEGO Super Brick Bros tshirt today on RIPT apparel! This design features our favorite Italian arcade character – Mario – from the Super Mario Bros games, holding a brick and a coin. He looks a little scuffed up on the edges, but he’s been running
You’ve clearly noticed it’s been a little slow around here in regards to content. My mom and grandmother were visiting for the past 3 weeks, so I took some time off to spend with them…. After all, we are “The Family Brick”, and around here the order of importance is God, Family, and LEGO. In the
It’s that time again folks! I’m giving you your reminder two days before the actual event date due to a change in the LEGO Monthly Mini Build program for 2016. You can read more about it below: How To – January 2016 LEGO Monthly Mini Build Registration If you can’t see the photo above for the January 2016