{"id":11165,"date":"2018-02-06T23:43:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T04:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=11165"},"modified":"2018-02-07T00:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T05:45:57","slug":"lego-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the boys and Dave had their first Lego League Expo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_081948\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11166\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_081948-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_081948-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_081948-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_081948.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boys wore their shirts I made for our trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/legoland-day-2\/\">Legoland<\/a>. Dave didn&#8217;t because he was <del>lame<\/del> one of the coaches and didn&#8217;t want it to seem like he and only certain kids on the team got cool shirts (even though it&#8217;s true).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_084647\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11167\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11167\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_084647-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_084647-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_084647.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were there for over four hours. Annie took advantage of the complimentary ear piercing (just kidding, it&#8217;s a sticker).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_092347\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11168\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_092347-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_092347-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_092347.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a close up of the model the team built. Each of the teams (there were 40 of them) were instructed to create a motorized design that had something to do with water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_102444\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11169\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11169\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_102444-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_102444-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_102444.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The kids came up with the idea of having a swimming pool that was fed from a melting iceberg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_111911\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11170\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_111911-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_111911-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_111911.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie handled it all like a champ &#8211; thanks to several walks, vending machine pretzels, and the fun photo filters on my phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_121805\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11171\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121805-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121805-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121805.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_121830\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11172\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121830-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121830-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_121830.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each kid on the team got a medal and each team got a trophy too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_122900\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11173\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122900-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122900-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0team\u00a0worked really hard on all of this. They started back at the end of September and met for an hour a week on Wednesday nights. There were other activities and lessons they did during the meetings too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/lego-expo\/20180204_122937\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11174\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122937-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122937-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180204_122937.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a fun experience for all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the boys and Dave had their first Lego League Expo. The boys wore their shirts I made for our trip to Legoland. 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