I-ka-rumba!! This thing was AH-MAY-ZING!! Inventors' paradise. Enter, all of my boys...(but first, please sign a waiver saying if you die it's not our fault--it made us pretty excited to get in there!)
This picture doesn't do justice to the amazing art this guy did...everything is in miniature & it was just incredible.
Make a cookie
The middle one is supposed to be me...pretty good resemblance, I'd say
Professional chocolate connoisseur
3D printer creates things like this...the boys went to a workshop awhile ago & got to enter in the programming & 'print' something out.
The actual machine with example objects on top, too bad I didn't get a picture at another angle
Mindstorm robot=Jyson's ultimate dream
Awesome elephant & award-winning car made from reclaimed items.
PVC pipe marshmallow shooters
Little race track (can't see the cars, go figure)
World's biggest pot holder! (okay, it's a rug but it's the same little bands with the same weaving set-up)
This guy's stuff is incredible...he's very symbolic with all of his pieces
This piece spells 'Y-E-S'
This is 2 pieces of wood that naturally grew together in the middle so he made a sculpture out of it & he says it represents the way marriages should be: we grow together over time & work with one another...he also told Tony & I that we looked like a happy, content couple--I second that motion!
The boys loved this robot...the wheel design makes it possible for it to turn on a dime & is now used in wheelchairs all over the country
Soldering project: all 3 boys did a robot with blinking eyes. So cool! p.s. the guy said I was a natural with the soldering iron...maybe he says that to all the ladies...
Mama's dream: remote-controlled walker! It was pretty funny to see people's reaction when this babe whizzed by!
A guitar/lunch box?
6-person bike that we got to ride! One person drives & the others pedal while having lunch...amazing!
Budding tight-rope walker (these people do birthday parties & bring a bunch of circus set-ups for kids to experience various things)
Jyson & balancing on an elephant ball :) Harder than it looks!
Unicycles: also muucch harder than they might appear
Our trapeze-artist-to-be
Mini bikes!
The water swing...time it right & you won't get wet!
Glass-blowing
Both pics are Jyson
Tony-the-man who made me the most awesome welded flower (picture to come)
Jaydon
Jyson's pick-axe design prior to the welding...they set out a few different kinds of metal pieces & then you create whatever you want for FREE! I don't know why I didn't get pictures of the other 2 creations...Jyson said this was his favorite part & Tony now feels his life is more complete because what guy doesn't want to learn how to weld??!!
This ridiculously short video (the camera was almost out of juice so I had to time it just right) shows the teeniest bit of this incredible bike show. These guys were just unbelievable. Flips, double-flips & more tricks than I knew were possible on bikes...too bad it comes at a price--the guy announcing said he's had like 34 surgeries, broken bones, etc...that's why he's announcing nowadays...
We are a happy family! Thanks to Groupon & our baby-sitter friend, Liberty (I trade lessons so she can baby-sit once a month for us!) we were able to make it one-incredible date for the 4 of us!
