My secret santa got me a great LEGO set, #9390, AKA Mini Tow Truck. Since racecar is better than tow truck, I made a racecar instead.

As I was about to assemble it, my 4 year old niece showed up and I decided put it together with her. It was a great hour of fun for us! She'd never put a real LEGO together, only DUPLOs, so maybe it was too soon for a Technic, but I didn't tell her that, and she didn't seem to notice much.

There was also a goodie bag containing a 2 pencil toppers, one walking bomb (I don't think the internal mechanism survived the trip from Germany though), and an awesome glue-on moustache. Since I already have a moustache and beard and have a sense of humour of a 5 year old, I immediately put in on my TV and waited for a ninja turtle to line up with it.

All in all, these were pretty awesome gifts!

Thanks SS !