FLL Regionals

FLL Regionals

For our kids it was the first regional they had ever attended to compete in… My little one attended as a baby with his brothers, but he was way to young to remember toddling around waiting for his brother to finish at each regional. It’s tough also to go...
Last Week Before Regional (FLL)

Last Week Before Regional (FLL)

This year has been tough for us with the new systems put in place since our oldest kids aged out and our youngest child became old enough to participate.  FLL has instituted a new system for parents that isn’t easy to use.  Our old team number was under my old...

FLL – Starting Over

We are starting over this year with our youngest.  Our older two aged out of FLL robotics a few years ago. – Like 6 years ago! Our family had went through everything from teams in Illinois and Kentucky, having coaches, coordinating regionals, state...
Cozmo the robot!

Cozmo the robot!

The robot Cozmo showed up for Christmas at our house!  Cozmo is set up to learn as you play with him.  I did find that I have to hook my phone to the Cozmo wireless network each time we want to play with Cozmo – which is not the easiest and not really something...

Robots for Christmas

There are a million types of robots available for the holidays!  My son has decided robots are fun!   Last year we got the Meccanoid robot.  It took us two days to put it together.  – Ours is the one that is the same size as my eight year old.  Now there are a...
Rebrickable – What a cool site!

Rebrickable – What a cool site!

Do you have a huge collection of LEGO sets at home that are no longer together and are just being used to booby trap rooms? I know as I walk through a room I have a chance of stepping on a LEGO and that really hurts. We have tubs and tubs of LEGOs that came from sets...