Friday, October 3, 2014

Brick Fest

On September 21st, Will and Daddy got to spend some quality time near Baltimore at Brick Fest.  It's a medium-scale vendor-driven Lego festival with lots of space for free-building, lots of vendors hocking custom-made Lego pieces and accessories, and lots of Lego-inspired fun.

The free-build areas let kids (and parents) make anything and then add that vehicle, building, street, or whatever, to the larger playing field.


Will became a ninja for a moment.


Will REALLY wanted to make a derby car and enter it in a race and he waited so patiently for our turn to build one.  When it was our turn, we rushed over to the building tables with our frame and wheels and used our 4-minutes to whip together a cool race car - complete with the Empire logo.  Once it was complete, he waited patiently again for his turn to race against other kids.  Click here to see if he won.....


There were lots of displays of spectacular creations.  Boats, satellites, buildings, working trains, and more.


Will's "special" purchase were two scoops, and he wasted no time making trucks for them as soon as he got home.  You've got to see him make something to appreciate how creative he is, especially when he's trying to recreate a truck or something that we've seen in the area.  He's got a better attention to detail than he does patience...