Legos are a wonderful opportunity for children to build, expand their creativity and improve their fine motor skills. If you google 'what can Legos teach you', you'll learn find articles on how Lego building can help with financial management, improve the tactical skills of Marines, engineering, robotics, real estate and more. Alex has discovered Legos recently and now there are hundreds of tiny red, blue, yellow, black and gray little plastic pieces sprinkled throughout the house. This week it looks like Alex will become a future designer of space stations and the rockets that will take astronauts there. Next week...maybe an architect. But, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...or just north of San Diego, California...is Legoland. Smaller than other theme parks with rides designed for the little guys & girls, Legoland also features the world in Legos, intricate models built entirely of Legos -- the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the U.S. Capitol, Big Ben, the Great Wall of China, the Golden Gate Bridge and it now several worlds beyond our own: Star Wars. Visitors can explore the planets of Tatooine, Alderaan, Naboo, Yavin, Endor and others. Whether you are into the oldies' Episodes IV, V and the newbies Episodes VX fan or I, II, III everyone can find their favorites. Anakin Skywalker is Alex's new hero. May the force be with us.
