Odyssey of the Mind

Guss competed in his second Odyssey of the Mind competition on March 26.  Ben was supposed to be out of town working but he came home the night before for my birthday and so he was able to see Guss compete.  The team had worked hard for about five months preparing their skit and designing and building a Rube Goldberg machine.  They had a lot of fun, a lot more playing than actual work most days, and they learned a lot about working with a team.  They placed 5th out of 13 in their category overall, which was very good considering they never nailed down all the details of their skit and they were the youngest team in their category.  It was really good for Guss to have to work hard and stick out the entire project.  There was a lot of weeks were he didn't want to keep working but he did and I am proud that he finished.

Setting up with Gavyn and Ariana

The Performance

The Performance Close-up

Clean-up