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Plain bricks aren't hard to find at all. Any Lego store has a whole section where you just grab whatever color and sizes you like. The sets are a GREAT addition to plain bricks - and when your kids inevitably break the sets...voila...more plain bricks. My kids love sets but 90% of what they create is from their own imagination. They just don't need a new ad campaign to remind them. Only an adult would need that.

Good grief y'all. Wake up - the taxpayers bought that lame box of crap! Not some benevolent, baby-loving spirit known as "the government." I've got six kids and I buy their stuff, thank you. Local, state and federal government can mind their own business.
And anyone who thinks our taxes pay just for societal needs like police, fire, roads etc. needs to wake up. Ever heard of Solyndra? That's just one teeny tiny example.

@MAXB: "Big houses are depressing and stupid"

Perhaps you are projecting?

2 adults, 6 kids (ages 12,11,9,7,4,1), 4500 SF (if you include finished basement),north of the ATL. My cute little 4 y/o neighbor calls it "the fun house" - so not too depressing really. Loud, kind of messy, definitely a fit or two pitched everyday by one child or another. But more laughing than crying. We don't let this big house get us down.

We eat fruit everyday and love it - esp strawberries and grapes. Birthdays mean CAKE!!

Any (all) of Elizabeth Mitchell's kids albums.

All you need is padded walls and a straightjacket...and you are good to go!

The good thing is, there is a great solution for those who hate the TV over the fireplace - don't put it there.

And, for all of the anti-TV people (e.g. "kill your television") - I'm curious...how many hours per day do you spend zoned out in front of the computer....

I live outside Atlanta and two Ace Hardwares near me carry a nice selection of Mrs. Meyers products.

I have one - works fine - but burning newspaper makes a ton of ashes. Unless you either a) enjoy cleaning the fireplace or b) have a special fireplace vacuum...I wouldn't do it.