Trebuchet Times

For as long as I can remember, Sam has been fascinated with anything he can build. First, it was a huge bin of Legos that were given to him by Papa Lacy, our beloved Athletic Director when I was at Samohi. Then he moved into more complicated versions of Legos and their instructions with images. Simultaneously, he started using magnets, wooden blocks, train sets, etc to build....and boy did he build! despite being seven years old, he continues to build thing but now they are considerably more intricate and complex in nature.

A couple of weeks ago, I was at the toy store and saw a trebuchet kit. Sam is a big fan of Pumkin' Chunkin'. It's a gathering that happens once a year in the farmland of Pennsylvania where a collection of hard core engineers gather to launch pumpkins out of canons, trebuchets, catapults, etc. I hope to take him one day. Sam's favorite is the trebuchet. He's mentioned several times that he wanted to build his own and he got the chance to do so. Sure, it isn't life-size like the ones they use "for reals" but he was pretty happy.

I think we have an engineer in the making....