IMAGINE

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”  Albert Einstein

Little man {seven year old that is} told me that he and Buddy were building a catapult.  Instantly I thought this was so he could catapult his sister into the next room when she was bothering him.  Because apparently she bothers him alot.  I asked Matthew what he was going to use this for.  He said to catapult erasers, paper clips and things like that.  Good, four year old sister was not on the list but someone will no doubt lose an eye. 

So Matthew and Buddy have been working on this for about a week now.  And last night I finally got to see it.  Truth be told, I was envisioning a sling shot.  This catapult is amazing!  It is so good I felt the need to ask some questions.

t: So Buddy, did this come from a kit?
Bud: No
t: Ok, so there was an article in a magazine and you followed the instructions?
Bud: No
t: Ok
Bud: It needed wheels
t: {but of course}

The scale is perfect, the parts are so detailed and it works great.  And it is indeed on wheels.  Because a large catapult used by say the ancient Greek and Romans could not possibly be moved without wheels so the mini version should only follow suit.  They even created mini corks to catalpult around the house ... so that nobody loses an eye!  I found out the corks came from Tess's bowl of wine bottle corks.  They cut them up ~ oops.

Great job guys.  I applaud the imagination and for making it work.  Now, can we mass produce and sell them?  I can already see the kids lining up.

P.S. Sister, do you remember when Buddy so lovingly made Grace the beautiful doll house?  The handpainted shaker shingles, the wallpaper, the detail.  You get a doll house, I get a catapult!

Tracy