IF - suspense

When my son was about 2 - 3 years old he used to build towers of toy blocks that were so hazardous, they kept you filled with suspense. Especially as I was trained as an architectural draftswoman who knows how to build solidly. I had to stop myself from warning him all the time, so he could find out by himself what would work. The towers were even much higher than the one you see above and also more dangerously assembled which goes to show that sometimes it might be better if you don't know too much about what you do because that way you take more risks and breathtaking results.


The tower above was built today and my son and I had so much fun in trying to outdo each other in creating the most hazardous one, it kept us busy a good part of the morning. Below you can see some of the other results.

The smallest may seem easy but was the most difficult one indeed because of the round brick that had to balance four others on top. The biggest was done by my son and also required much patience.

So if you don't know what to do with your next Sunday (or bad-weather day, or...) how about a nice little building contest?

IF - twirl

Thinking about 'twirl' for a while there appeared to be so many things that twirl that I actually felt a bit dizzy (talking about twirls and heads...;)). What I really wanted was to show the movement. Plus it should be something playful. So I opted for a simple spinning top.

IF - toy

I did this toy as an invitation for my sons last birthday. At first it looked like a water lily, but by pushing it out it turned into a frog and you could find the invitation rolled into its tongue. Of course most of the children kept it as a toy afterwards.
As a child I didn`t like to play with dolls (which was then almost the only choice for girls) at all. I wanted a car so badly instead, but I never got one.
What I really liked though was LEGO, because you only need two bricks to make it a dog or a chair or whatever comes into your mind. I still like playing with it and passed this love on to my son, so that there are entire sundays spent building with LEGO.