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During Family Time we discovered that using either "Winter chai" tea or "Cinnamon tea" greatly enhances the flavor of the not-so-good instant chai in my cupboard. I had it in stock thanks to an autumnal camping season (because "hot and not coffee" is sometimes more important than "my god, it isn't 'Oregon Chai' - ugh!".) I recognize that chai = tea but I'm going with the American-ignorant names used on the products. Anyway, brewing the spiced teas and then using the instant mix for creaming & sugar worked well and was wonderfully welcome during our snowed-in period.I, on the other hand, drank hot cider. :)

During that period, we (the younger set and I) made Lego buildings. Yes, yes we did. After we tore down all of my "Winter Village" sets, which I neglected to photograph while they were up. Oops. We were crazy, I think, but we actually managed to build all of the 'city' sets that I owned, with the added bonus of the arrival of the newest one coming just after the snow began to melt. Then we made a 'town', even going so far as to buy fabric for a base and a backdrop. Photos were taken and my Eldest actually made a video-tour of the 'city block' that we constructed. I have no idea how he's going to get that long video from his phone to a computer, but it looks great. As a tease, here is the single (blurry) photo I took of our set-up while we were still tweaking it. I stopped trying to photograph anything once Zack & Mylissa got their phones out and went camera-crazy. They've promised to post the results and I'll share their better pictures when I get them. (They'd better hurry, too, because I am itching to see those photos!)

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Here is a picture of the 'tiny' Lego mini-set that was sold which reproduces the larger city sets. I have two pictures - one is of the three larger buildings I own with the full mini-set in front of them, and the next is of the individual buildings to compare.