All our boys were in a Lego competition this past Friday. Another mom and I planned the event for all the local homeschool Lego enthusiasts. Channel 11 News even came out and filmed it! Thank goodness my boys were all in different age groups. As it was, Caleb was mortified to be beaten by a girl (hey, she built a cool orthodontist office out of Lego!), but to be beaten by a brother would have been worse.
Nathan built this cool model of a B-17. It had a nose gun, tail gun and top turret, but he couldn't figure out how to incorporate the ball turret gunner below. It opened up to reveal a cool cockpit. I think he was inspired by a book he's reading ("Behind Enemy Lines - A Young Pilot's Story") and also the B-17 we saw at our airport recently. By the way, here are some pics of Nathan from our airport field trip that I never got around to blogging about:
Back to the Lego contest . . . Caleb built this giant mini-figure:
His legs and arms could move, and Caleb named him "Bob." He was pretty cool. Good thing we got a photo because he was so upset at getting beat by the "orthodontist office" that he broke him up into thousands of pieces after we got home. Don't worry - Bob's parts will be recycled and put to good use.
Noah built a "Wookie" base with a spider droid clinging to the side:
and this other base (I think it was a spy base of some kind, but I'm not sure):
Interestingly, our kids don't have Lego on their Christmas list this year. They haven't outgrown it - they've just reached a point where they have most of what they need to create whatever they want.
I have one last Lego picture. This one won 1st place for the 3rd/4th grades. It is a Lego helmet, and you can actually wear it. I thought it was very clever.
