Thursday Fox in Socks Blogging 021711

Look, sir, look, sir, Mr. Knox sir!

Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir!

-- Dr. Seuss

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Sadly, the only trick SteelyKid has really mastered with bricks and blocks is piling them into a gigantic obstacle in the middle of the floor. Well, that, and building tall narrow towers then knocking them down. And, I suppose, you don't need much more that that when you're two and a half...

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Typo: "tricks" not "trick"

Comment: Do you also get to knock them down?

By CCPhysicist (not verified) on 17 Feb 2011 #permalink

Oh, my--Suddenly she is looking like a little girl instead of a baby, and she looks like Kate in this picture.

Enjoy the tall narrow towers phase. You can get a lot of coverage out of helping her knock them down and rebuild them, unless she's in a mood, in which case, knocking them down is Dire Tragedy.

the only trick SteelyKid has really mastered with bricks and blocks is piling them into a gigantic obstacle in the middle of the floor. (...)And, I suppose, you don't need much more that that when you're two and a half...

Two and a half? There are US Senators in their sixties who still operate only on that very same skill-set.

By Phillip IV (not verified) on 17 Feb 2011 #permalink