No, not just because they can be used to uh…spread the Good News (sort of), explain papal minutiae, or explain church history.

Like every other family with toddlers, we’ve had Duplos for a while. Like every other family with toddlers, we’ve had lots of Duplos. Joseph was interested in them for a while, but for the past year – not so much.

A few weeks ago, I noticed an Lego set, high up on  a closet shelf, that David had left behind. Gee – why didn’t he take his Legos to college? I dunno. It was pirates. On a whim (actually, probably in desparation), I took it down, gave it to Joseph and said, "Play with this."

An hour and half later…

Unbelievable. Nothing short of Jo-Jo’s Circus had kept him so absorbed for even close to such a length of time.

Last week, I decided to augment the set a bit – and since legos are expensive, of course I went to Ebay, where I got a good lot, cheap of miscellaneous pieces, including several horses and dinosaurs (ah!). Evidently not containing enough Star Wars or Harry Potter minifigs to make it worthwhile to serious LegoHeads.  (minifigs! See, I’m learning the lingo.)

It came on Saturday, and I’m serious when I say that the four-year old played, in his corner, with his Legos, for probably five hours yeseterday.

Anything for peace. Well…almost anything, of course.