Castles, Houses, and Trains

We have quite the little builder in the house. (A rare still photo, with Great Aunt B.'s doggie ("Hannah") and "picture truck." There are ice cream trucks, cement trucks, and fruit trucks. This one has pictures on it, so it's a picture truck of course.)


O. needs some help with assembly, but he's definitely progressing in home and castle design. Notice the careful application of roofing to "Aunt M.'s house."

Aunt M.'s house, complete with Aunt M.'s car.


The blocks made by Grandpa have inspired some truly unique castle designs. Here we see a neoRoman/Escher structure. Unfortunately it is more for looks than function.



The blocks also have enabled adding another height level to the trainset. Sadly, derailment is a frequent problem.



And the trusty duplo blocks are seeing a high level of use these days. We call this one Orthanc.


And like all skyscraper designers, you have to know when to stop building upwards.


Still working on that.