last year, for Advent, Cyndi sent muffin tins filled with 24 treats… this year she sent the items to my office, and my colleagues put them into the tins…

over the 24 days I have received 3 muffin cups full of purple and pink Lego… I made a train-ish thing with the first pieces and kind of added to it when the second batch of pieces arrived, but I hadn’t done anything with the last batch…

train-ish thing I made…

a few days ago I brought all the pieces together and asked Tavin, when he was here, if he’d like to make something… he’s pretty into Lego these days…

final batch of Lego pieces…

I was making dinner while he was working away, and had just sat down when he advised he was done, and brought me his creation so I could check it out and then take a picture to send to Aunty Cyndi…

“here it is Grandma, the little space is for Grandpa’s ashes” he said, “as we haven’t buried them, this could be a spot in the garden to spread some of them”… “we should put some of the others in places Grandpa loved”… have I mentioned he is seven…

Lego house with place for Grandpa’s ashes…

on Christmas Eve at their house, he showed me a Lego creation he had produced there and advised that this one also had a place for Grandpa’s ashes…

we both miss Grandpa, a lot…