Today was a big day for both girls! Kayla has been working on the special memorial for her friend Alex. His sister has been working on it too, to create some cool pictures for the library windows and get out the word for the special Lego contest. Students at the middle school could build something out of Legos that was in the spirit of the How to Train Your Dragon book series. The special scholarship fund at the school sponsored some nice prizes.

What made today special? Today was the judging for the Lego entries. Alex’s mom thought it would be good for the girls to NOT be judges, to avoid any issues with kids at school. Instead, Alex’s little brother and grandfather acted as judges, along with the superintendent and a couple of teachers.  As a special nod to our family, Ashley was also asked to be a judge! She was so excited to get released from school a little early, walked over to the middle school, and allowed to be part of this! The bigger girls acted as the accounting firm, tabulating the points and determining the winners. Kevin and I zipped over after work to see the final display put together, help out, and take pictures. Tomorrow at school, Kayla and Emma will be part of the big annoucement for the winners and the book donation (so that students know that the books will soon be available for check-out).

Here are a couple of pictures. The winning Lego entry is in the bottom left of the display – 3 boys from Alex’s scout troup made a Lego replica Viking village, with dragons and everything! It was very cool and so true to the story! The picture of the top shelf has Kayla’s dragon Furious (the enemy dragon in the book series), the book collection, and then the replica Toothless and Hiccup that Alex built.

Kayla in front of the library doors. She helped color in all of the pictures taped to the windows on either side.

The books, Kayla’s dragon , and Alex’s dragon.

Kayla and the Lego display. The 1st prize winner is in the lower left.