My latest Flywheel Writing Assignment: Letter Writing
Dear Mr. Lego,
I have so many things to say to you
it’s hard to know where to begin. You’ve
been putting out Legos for a long time now.
You’ve gone from a tub of colorful assortment of blocks to now entire
cities with intricate tiny pieces. I’m
sure you started as a nice person just wanting to help little boys and little
girls learn how to build and use their imaginations. At what point did all of the accolades go to
your head? When did you start
thinking…you know I can make Legos that have themes for movies and Legos that
only go with each other so poor moms have to buy separate sets when a few
pieces are lost? We know you’ve made a
lot of money doing this, haven’t you? It’s obvious with your flashy “Lego” stores
and now your new “Lego Movie.”
You want us to believe that you are
family friendly kind of guy just making family friendly toys. We know the truth and we know what your plan
is. You’ve sucked in the children. We moms spend hours looking for that one
“tiny” helmet that some tiny policeman Lego can’t live without. We’ve been tired and our backs have hurt when
we’ve looked through couches and under tables to find that tiny wheel that only
goes with that one motorcycle.
You have made Lego sets for babies,
for toddlers, for girls, for boys and you’ve even sucked in our husbands. You knew that these dads would be putty in
your hands when you created Star Wars Lego sets that would take too much time
and frustration to put together.
I want you to know there will be a
day when us moms will get sick of it all and throw them all away. Yes, every itty-bitty piece. There will be crying and gnashing of teeth
but we’ll do it anyway because were fed up.
We’re fed up with the pain of stepping on one of your “harmless” pieces
in the middle of the night. We’re tired
of consoling little children when something goes missing. We’re sick of it and a day is coming that
Legos will be no more. We hope you have
a back up plan for another day job and if you don’t get ready because we moms
are strong; we don’t give up easy and we’re ready to win our houses back.
Sincerely,
Mom’s Who Are Sick of the Piles of
Toys
Anti-Lego
League
Ha! Stepping on Legos is the worst. I refuse to buy anything smaller than the Duplos because I don't want those itty bitty pieces. Maybe I can keep the boys in the dark about those other sizes.....:)
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