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I think I asked this before his birthday this summer, and now I can't remember what we got for his birthday. But for Christmas he got:
Batman & Superman vs Lex Luthor
Spider-man Hideout
Mountain Police Chase

He is really into superheros! The spiderman hangout was pretty funny when he opened it. I had told my mom he'd like it, just looking at it online and not studying the actual pieces that well. Well, there are two pumpkin pieces that definitely look like jack o lanterns. (I think the bad guy shoots them? I don't even know.) They are pretty obvious on the picture. Ds opened the gift and immediately said, "Halloween?! No thank you! Grandma, do you celebrate Halloween?!" It all just came spilling out of his mouth so fast with this total look of shock and horror. It was honestly pretty funny. We reassured him that we could take those pieces out or change the box for a different set. Well, he's changed his tune and plays with the pumpkin pieces too. But I sure felt badly for suggesting it and creating such an unexpected scene about Halloween!

I found an under the bed sweater box in the basement, though unfortunately it's too tall to fit under any of our living room furniture. For now it's on the shelf under the coffee table. The tops of our bookshelves are all already covered with other stuff. The current frustration is that dh keeps helping ds put the sets together and then ds destroys them. Ah, life with a 4 year old!

Thanks for the ideas!