BUILDING BLOCKS BUILT ON GOOD BUSINESS
Creating a company “based in Honduras that would foster a positive social impact through its business” was the building block that led this incredible company to making these incredible blocks.
In a world of plastic, junky toys, I was immediately enamored with Tegu blocks. They feel super nice in my grown-up hands and work super well for those kiddo hands too. Hidden magnets keep what they’re building in its shape until they decide to plow it down. There are also wheels and many package options for making your set as big or small as you want.
Other perks from the company: free replacement for damaged blocks, and instead of throwing away your blocks (I don’t know why you ever would) they’ll pay for your shipping to send them back for recycling. Can you tell how much I love Tegu blocks?
Buy Tegu blocks here.
Hear Tegu’s transforming story here.
Photography by Rebecca Sanabria who spent the next hour playing with the blocks all by herself.
I was lucky enough to spend 2 weeks over the holidays with my family vacationing. It was my favorite gift of the season by far to be in the presence of these amazing people and to have a blank to-do list. My husband likes to joke that I cannot sit still, and he is pretty spot-on there. But while on this holiday ‘break’ with my family, that is essentially what I did. Although, I should clarify, there are little kids involved so there was really no actually sitting still, yet more my mind was still and content. Present. I feel this in my everyday life as well, but I often start to make lists or think of what needs doing.
But here I am a month later and still feeling the happy effects of our holiday. I hope to carry it far into 2014 and beyond. To focus and work when it’s time and to completely play when it’s not. Falling asleep with the kiddos at 7:30 pm accidentally, but deciding to stay put. Choosing to pick up a basketball and practice my own dribbling skills when my kids are, instead of picking up a broom and sweeping the porch while they dribble. Listening fully. Being silly (have to admit that one comes way too easy for me). Soaking up conversation heard from both the youngest and the oldest and begging my brain to remember as much as it possibly can.
