I’m in 3rd grade and get to class straight from the school bus ramp. Class hasn’t started yet and we get to play before the morning show. This is the first time I laid eyes on this collection of toys.

They were in a cylinder container and had various sizes of wooden logs with notches in them. I start to notice that the notches in the wooden toy logs connect. And I wanted to build a tower. I started lining up logs and stacking them together. A simple design line up logs the same length and keep stacking them. I started building in an Indian style seated position to on my knees to level with my wooden tower.

I reach over to get more logs and SMASH. A classmate of mine says, “time to cleanup, morning show is starting!”

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Analysis: first off was the smashing of my tower necessary? Absolutely not.

Moving on, Lincoln logs, a simple concept of a toy. A variety of components, but enough main body parts to create a tower. The notches cut into the log, but varied in precision. But enough to stack. I started from classroom carpet to about mid chest level on my knees. Was this fun, yes it was fun. But time is limited, I’m not really good at telling time right now because I’m in 3rd grade and my classroom only has analog clock. Hopefully, I can acquire a Talkboy watch for Christmas from Santa to verify my building time capacity.

Theory: Just build. Everyone gets lost in the how and never build anything. Analysis paralysis. What materials? Do all the logs have the shade of brown? Which way is grain of the log? I completely understand time and costs. The glimpse of immediate desire to build was captured here.

Mission: build and keep building. I have to find a way to either build faster or know what time the morning show comes on.