Kyson's Creations

For a long time Kyson has been into building and creating things. He has a few sets of Mag- formers that his Grandma and Grandpa Bodily gave him, which he plays with on a regular basis. He builds these elaborate buildings, castles, and has even made bridges and extra large candy canes without any help. I don't know what is normal for a three-year-old as far as ability to build, but I''m quite impressed with his constructions. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of his great ones.

Along with creating castles and buildings, he also likes to build towers. Anytime he sees a small collection of things that he can stack, he does. It makes me nervous sometimes, but we haven't had any accidents yet. He likes to stack things he finds in my bathroom like perfume and moisturizer, etc, and at the table he likes to get all the condiments and make a huge condiment tower.

One night I came home from work and Kyson came and grabbed me to tell me he'd made me a present. I wasn't sure what it could be, but I was excited. He led me to a section of the floor in the family room where he'd made this huge design on the floor with his Magformers. It was rather large, and I think it might have been difficult to do, only because they're magnets and latch onto each other easily if they get too close. I noticed that he seemed to evenly split all the pieces so he could make his design on the floor. To some it may look like a mess, but I thought it was wonderful.

While grouping cars isn't exactly a creation or even a talent, Kyson has started lining up his cars into small lines. He loves to do it and we find his toys, most always cars, in little piles and lines all over the floor. It's strange, but I think it's normal for a little boy who loves cars.

Most recently, he's been into trains. He's a huge fan of Dinosaur Train on PBS and he knows the songs and dinosaurs. This television show has not only peaked his interest in dinosaurs, but trains as well. His newest pastime is to build trains around the house with whatever he can find. He typically uses pillows blankets, cars and extra large Legos to make his trains, but one night he

built a train so big and so elaborate, I had to get a picture. I was laughing when I saw that he'd grabbed everything he could find including the shoes by the back door and even his work bench and kitchen out of his playroom. One thing I can say about Kyson is . . . he always keeps me guessing.