Central Team Challenge

Day 3 is in the books. It was another long and fun day. I don't know what these kids are going to do when they get back to "normal life." This morning marked one of the two most important moments of our trip, the Central Team Challenge. They had been working on their solution to the DI-BOT Challenge for 7 months, and it had been getting better and better. It all came together wonderfully for them in front of the judges. Having seen them perform so many times, I have seen so many "mistakes" in different parts of their presentation. This performance was flawless. There was one point when Aaron noticed something was potentially going to go wrong and he thought ahead and improvised. I was sweating it out, not ever being allowed to give advise. When the moment came, he made a small modification to his plan and no one knew of the "mistake." There was no mistake! These kids can clearly think on their feet! Ah, the beauty of DI shines again. Here Gianni and Avery explain the robot to the judges.

In the afternoon, they traded pins, swam, played soccer and swam some more. After dinner they had an epic, 2-hour pin trading session, meeting countless other children from around the U.S. and the world, while we enjoyed an Improv Festival with 3 stages.