Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Tonight's photo was taken in July of 2002. Mattie was three months old. I happen to love this photo because of Mattie's facial expression! It was almost as if he was saying...... "hum that's very interesting!" Mattie definitely looked more like Peter when he was a baby, yet as Mattie grew into his toddler years and beyond, there was no doubt who he looked like!


Quote of the day: Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli

Tonight's pictures feature the LEGO activities that were present at our Walk on May 17th. We always have LEGOs at the Walk because Mattie was a huge LEGO fan. When he was battling cancer and was unable to walk and move around, LEGOs became our form of therapy. We did LEGOs in the hospital and at home, and literally in 2008 and 2009 we built every LEGO kit on the market. We want to thank the WAMALUG and WamaLTC groups who come to our Walk every year and set up this wonderfully elaborate city scape and train display. It is a labor of love and the beauty of this is the trains are operational and run around the track. In fact, many of the LEGO structures you see here are models of actual historic buildings in Alexandria, VA where the Walk was held. Very clever! 

The other LEGO group that joins us is Play-Well TEKnologies. This is the second year Play-Well has been at our Walk. Play-Well sends two educators to our event and does very hands on activities with kids of all ages. But the activities are very directed to engage the engineering mind of a child. 

At the Play-Well tent this year, one of the structures they built were towers! As you can see one of the towers was quite high.

The kids get very engaged in building, so much so that the LEGO bricks come off the tables and onto the ground!

Marta, was one of the Play-Well educators who joined us this year. How do you like that suspension bridge?

Ian, the fellow with the plaid shirt, is the Virginia Area Manager of Play-Well and helped me coordinate this year's tent at our Walk. He brought many wonderful new ideas to our Walk and we were thrilled to have his participation.