Games

April 26, 2021

Fifty Puzzle

Tammy enjoys doing puzzles. The kids and I have started a tradition of making her a custom Christmas puzzle each year. This year we decided to do one for her “big birthday” and we decided to take a completely new approach. Here is the final version and I’ll share with you how we …

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April 11, 2021

Mazie finished her LEGO Grand Piano build today. It is one of the most intricate LEGO I have ever seen.

You can connect it to your phone and it will respond to, or move, the piano keys.

LEGO Grand Piano set built and displayed on a wood table, with a small bench beside it and a NASA Saturn V LEGO box in the background.

LEGO Grand Piano set in black with open lid, sheet music stand, and matching piano bench, displayed on a wood floor

LEGO Grand Piano model with black keys and white keys, open lid revealing golden strings, and a sheet music stand holding a Playday score

April 11, 2021

I started building the LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V this morning. I’ve wanted to build this for a long time. 🚀

LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V box set on a wooden table with numbered bags of pieces spread out in front of it

Partially assembled LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V rocket on a wooden table, with instruction booklet, bagged pieces, and the set box visible nearby.

February 12, 2021

Tyler got Mario Kart Live for his birthday and we’ve already had a ton of fun playing it. We setup a couple of quick tracks and it is really fun to have a game that is played both in front of you and on the Nintendo Switch.

Mario Kart Live toy kart with Mario figure sitting on top of an encyclopedia book on a table

January 28, 2021

We played Exploding Kittens for first time tonight. Silly game but quick and fun.

Exploding Kittens card game on a wooden table with a discard pile showing Beard Cat and Favor cards beside the face-down draw deck.

December 31, 2020

Tyler completed his LEGO® Nintendo Entertainment System™ project in just three days! He got very focused on it and worked through all 2,646 pieces. The finished project is very cool. The cartridge slides into the console and presses down just like an original Nintendo does. The controller feels normal sized in your hand and the cable disconnects.

The TV was a big part of the project and it operates like a track that you turn a handle and it moves. Mario is on a slide and bounces around on the course as you move it.

Here is the scene before going into the TV.

See console done and beginning.

LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System set on a wood table, including the NES console, controller, Super Mario Bros cartridge, and a retro TV displaying a Mario level scene.

LEGO retro television set displaying a Super Mario Bros scene with Mario jumping over platforms, pipes, and a Goomba enemy

LEGO Super Mario Bros. level scene laid flat on a table, with a LEGO NES controller and console visible in the background.

December 29, 2020

I finished my LEGO® International Space Station Christmas project. This was a fun LEGO to assemble. 🛰

December 29, 2020

Tyler is making great progress on his “biggest ever” LEGO® project. The Nintendo Console, Super Mario Bros cartridge and the Game Controller are assembled and look cool!

I took the top off to show how the cartridge action works.

December 27, 2020

The kids are starting their biggest LEGO® projects ever. Mazie is building the IDEAS Grand Piano with 3,662 pieces and Tyler the Nintendo Entertainment System™ with 2,646 pieces. These will be awesome when finished! 😲

LEGO Ideas Grand Piano set box displayed above roughly 27 numbered bags of sorted pieces spread across a folding table

LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System box propped on a coffee table surrounded by numbered bags of sorted LEGO pieces ready to build

December 26, 2020

We’ve made a tradition of making Tammy a custom puzzle for Christmas. With some help from her sister Michelle, they put it together. It is built off of our Yellowstone trip.