We opened up the set a little after lunch and set about sorting the pieces and parts and reading the build instructions. 5 hours of quiet cooperative play later, the girls called us in and declared that the house was open for play.
This line has received a lot of negative press since Lego announced they were doing it. My two cents - the girls were excited to have this set! FINALLY! They were excited about Legos!!! If you missed a huge selling point up there - we had 5 hours of quiet cooperative play with these two. On a day after they stayed up late. And then they set about playing dollhouse with it the rest of the night. So, I don't know what all the anti-girl-specific-Lego crowd has against this line, but I do know this: my girls enjoyed putting it together and all signs are pointing to that they will continue to enjoy playing with it. That's a win in my book.
