{"id":5748,"date":"2011-08-14T19:38:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5748"},"modified":"2011-08-14T19:43:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:43:03","slug":"lego-madness-the-complete-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5748","title":{"rendered":"Lego madness &#8211; the complete story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You all remember our <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=22\">lego pile<\/a>, right? Fifteen gallons of 30 year old legos, resurrected for another generation of fun. Of course we&#8217;ve added our fair share over the years.<\/p>\n<p>They have been part of our toy collection for two years (almost to the day!) and it took Aunt Joyce about one day to decide to organize them. I&#8217;ve asked Lex many times if we could sort and organize them and he always says no, but when Joyce asks it&#8217;s a different story! :) Not only did she ask, but she did most of the work!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5749\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5749\" title=\"j1\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4274-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"j1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4274-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4274-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look at her go! Helpfulness, military precision, or just OCD?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5750\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5750\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5750\" title=\"j2\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4275-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"j2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4275-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4275-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the rest of us watched TV Joyce kept at it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next day (wait, that was just today!) we went out to breakfast with the family then stopped at Big K to find some organizational solution. We joked about just grabbing all four corners of the sheet and plopping it back in the big bucket, but I think Joyce may have kicked our butts! And we all know she could! So we bought some plastic buckets instead and went to work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5751\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5751\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5751\" title=\"all1\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4276-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"all1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4276-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4276-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everyone (but me) hard at work!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5752\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4278.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5752\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5752\" title=\"all2\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4278-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"all2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4278-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4278-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making progress...<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5753\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5753\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5753\" title=\"j3\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4279-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"j3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4279-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4279-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where did everyone go? One by one we trickled away...<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5754\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5754\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5754\" title=\"j4\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4280-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"j4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4280-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4280-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But not Joyce. She persevered!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5755\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5755\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5755\" title=\"happy boy\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4281-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"happy boy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4281-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4281-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex is pretty happy about the new solution. The legos stayed packed up for the duration of quiet time...<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5756\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4283.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5756\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5756\" title=\"legos\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4283-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"legos\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4283-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/img_4283-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then right back out again!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You all remember our lego pile, right? Fifteen gallons of 30 year old legos, resurrected for another generation of fun. Of course we&#8217;ve added our fair share over the years. 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