I love watching Sayer play with his Legos.  He gets consumed.  He gets completely focused picking through all the tiny pieces trying to find the right ones.  He makes spaceships mostly- Star Wars ships to be exact.  Their construction is really intricate and they look like they might actually work in a land of Legos.  They have grids where you might imagine an exhaust fan would be and rockets on both sides.  They have multi-part towers, dashboard controls, pivoting pieces and landing gear.  He’ll work on them for long periods of time too.  Today, while I was laying on the couch reading my new favorite book Eat, Pray, Love, Sayer was constructing away at the coffee table beside me.  I stopped to watch him.  I love watching him when he’s not aware that I’m doing it.  I watch how the light falls on his face and marvel at how grown up he’s looking.  He’s getting so tall.  I laugh because he’s sitting there playing in only his pajama shirt and I have no idea where he’s left his pants.  He has chocolate on his face.  I start wondering what in the world he’s thinking about while he plays, the conversation followed like this:

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Me: Sayer, what do you think about when you are playing Legos?

Sayer: You.

Me: You think about me when you play?

Sayer: Yes.

Me: So, what are you thinking about me?

Sayer: Oh, just what you’re doing.

Me: You know Say, right now I am thinking about you too.

Sayer: What are you thinking about me?

Me: Oh, just what you’re doing.

Sayer: You know what I’m doing silly, I’m playing Legos.

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Here are some of his creations:

more of the current fleet