Marble Madness

We have been having a lot of marble madness at our house during this Covid-19 stay at home time.  Neil watched a marble race on CBS sports (I guess when there aren't any other sports to report on they resort to Marble Racing no social distancing required for marbles) They use packed dirt and make a track for the marbles to race through. Joshua really enjoyed it and has watched lots of marble races on the internet.  He wanted to dig a track into our yard, but I didn't think that was such a good idea. 

Here is a link to watch a marble race in case you haven't seen one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrGNgY9_i4&t=258s

Neil helped Joshua make a track out in the garage. They used whatever they could find and think of to get the marbles from the beginning to the end.  Joshua had fun doing it with Neil.

Here are some pictures of Joshua's homemade marble race and even a video, but you can't really see the marble going.

Aaron has also enjoyed marbles and the marble run this spring.  One day Matthew and Dallin helped him build a marble run that went from Emma and Lydia's upstairs window down to the landing on the stairs.  He thought it was great to have the marbles go so far.  Here is a picture of the marble run. Isn't Aaron cute poking his head out the window to put the marble in?  Aren't Dallin and Matthew good and fun brothers to help him?