Ah, Lego and Stories - My two loves have converged. Lego is huge in my household. My 12 year old son could (has) spend days creating models and dioramas. Has Luke used Lego Digital Designer? I highly recommend it - all the "virtual" Lego you could want (for free) and no stepping on pieces or cleaning up afterwards. Also...shameless plug: http://www.thebricklife.com/ Cheers Inger

Oh, I loved this. Having worked with children for about 30 years now, Lego is very close to my heart.

Lego! Woot! Except DO NOT buy huge boxes of Lego from ebay when your kid is just 3. Seriously, just don't. OW. When they're a bit older and can help clean up, then you can go crazy with scale. Lego is awesome. Related properties are also terrific, the video games and Ninjago on TV (all loved by adults and kids in our house). And just read about Legoland in Florida, we hope to visit. And people being clever with Lego never gets boring, here's some more: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/lego/