Lego is a bit like meditation

Laura Kemp, 44, an author, lives in Penarth, South Wales, with her writer husband James, 49, and their son Paddy, 11.

There’s only one thing I’m hoping to find under the tree this Christmas – a new Lego set.

It might sound juvenile but I’m obsessed with the stuff, much to the bemusement of my husband and son.

As a child, I always coveted those packets of brightly-coloured bricks. If I went to play at a friend’s house, I would always beg to see their Lego sets. Sadly, since Lego was expensive, I never had any of my own. As I grew up, I pushed the interest to the back of my mind.

But when I was pregnant with Paddy, I realised I could give him the Lego I never had when I was younger. When Paddy was three, I bought him his first bricks.

He adored playing with them and I started buying more and more. From a young age he loved Star Wars, so I bought sets such as Jabba the Hutt’s palace and we built them togeth carpet.

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Once I began building I’d keep going for hours, long after Paddy had wandered off