Alex entered his first official competition this past weekend. The Georgetown Main Street Program sponsored a “Lego My Georgetown” building contest for kids 5-14. The kids were to build some portion of downtown as it might look in the year 2055. The Georgetown effort was modeled after the Lego 50th anniversary “Brick to the Future” national competition. Both Chris and Alex actually registered, but Alex used all of our Legos on his creation, so Chris deferred to his older brother.
Alex entered his first official competition this past weekend. The Georgetown Main Street Program sponsored a “Lego My Georgetown” building contest for kids 5-14. The kids were to build some portion of downtown as it might look in the year 2055. The Georgetown effort was modeled after the Lego 50th anniversary “Brick to the Future” national competition. Both Chris and Alex actually registered, but Alex used all of our Legos on his creation, so Chris deferred to his older brother.
Alex decided to build the Williamson County Courthouse, and here’s the description he wrote:
"This is replacing the courthouse 50years from now. When I went to see Georgetown, I took a look at how they were going to build the courthouse in the year 2007 and I got an idea of how to build the courthouse in 2055. And then when I got home I worked on it immediately.
I built the square structure because I thought it would be the strongest. And then I put the 2 silver designs on it because I think an important building like the courthouse should look good and not be just a plain square.
I wanted to keep the statue of Justice because she is an important symbol and it would be nice to keep her for history. I built a glass dome to represent the clear heart of Justice.
I put the bumps on the outside of the roof because it looks more fancy and more important than just a regular old building."
The contest was divided into 2 age groups: 5-9 and 10-14. It was a 7 year old that ended up winning the first prize, a 2000 piece Lego set. Although Alex’s structure didn’t win, I was proud of his effort and he’s busy now building another cityscape for the National Lego contest in a few days.
The boys are such good sports. They applauded each winner and went on and on about how good the winning entries were and how they are going to get home and work harder for the next competition. The waitress at “Laurie’s Too” commented on how well behaved and polite Chris and Alex were; a real rarity, she said. Even a stranger came up and complimented the boys!
Chuck and I were so proud that we went out and spent $70 on new Lego sets for the boys. I know, I know; we can’t be teaching them that even if they don’t win a contest mom and dad will foot the bill for the prize. But, hey, they didn’t whine or cry when they didn’t win and we wanted to reward their sportsmanship.
After the festivities were over, we drove out to Taylor to poke around and we came across a $1M+ ranch for sale; a gorgeous 5400 sq. ft. house on 8 acres with a swimming pool and horse stables as nice as our current house. I wonder, if I quit whining about being broke while Chuck builds his business will my good sportsmanship someday be rewarded?
Well, of course having a loving and devoted husband and two beautiful kids is reward enough! What would I do with horse stables, anyway?