legofest

We took the boys to Legofest yesterday.  We went with two other families that have kids the same age as Bob and SJ.  I always worry when I take the boys some place where it is very crowded.  I can get panicked if I lose a visual of the boys.  SJ makes me even more nervous than Bob, because he sometimes wanders off.  As you can imagine, Legofest is very popular and very crowded.  There were people everywhere.  I stayed with one boy while my husband was with the other one.  I lost visual only a few times, so my stress was not warranted.  The boys had a great time.  They had a climbing wall, monochromatic build areas, mystery mural (where you could build one small section of the mural), life-size Lego figures (for photo ops), Lego video games, Lego board games, giant group builds, creation nation (where you built a small green square that would fit in a giant United States Lego map), a store (of course!) and Lego races.  The race area was SJ's favorite.  You can build a car and race it against other kids.  He loved it!  The biggest car he built was his "12 wheeler".  It surprisingly stayed together.  Bob and our friends' kids seemed to enjoy the monochromatic build areas the best.  They made cups, trophies and pyramids.  A few years ago, I probably would have passed up this opportunity to attend this event.  I would have been too worried about the crowd and the noise.  I am so glad that SJ has progressed as far as he has and we can now go to these events.  It is good for him, Bob and our whole family.