The Way Things Go

Mom and Dad gave Tracy a DVD for Christmas called The Way Things Go, a Rube Goldberg-style engineering extravaganza.

We watched the DVD while they were here visiting, and come to find out, Jed was pretty fascinated with it. I found this out when he came downstairs with a sign which read:

The Map to the Show
The Way Things Go











The map led me up to his room, into the under-eaves closet that is home to his toys. That's where I found this elaborate set-up:








It was quite a successful run, if you don't count the 5 or 6 times Jed had to get things started again. After all, it's "The Way Things Go" show, not "The Way Things Run Continuously without any Assistance from Jed" show. :)