I usually am a stalker on CD but I had to comment on this thread.
I am a very proud mentor of FRC Team 180 but I have to admit that when my darling hubby came to me in 1997 and said, "Hey honey, I am thinking about helping some other engineers put together a robot team with local teenagers. Okay with you?" I laughed and said, "Are you crazy I am 5 months pregnant and we are about to have our first child!" He sweet talked me into going to some of the meetings and then when I was 9 months pregnant I went with him to Epcot. As I sat on the metal bleachers in 100 degree weather I started having contractions....thankfully they stopped... But I have to tell you I was hooked on FIRST and absolutely fell in love with our S.P.A.M. family.
That boy is now almost 16 and he has been in FIRST since he was 6 years old with JrFLL, then FLL, and now FRC. I am thrilled and excited seeing him in his flowing red cape and gloves as the human player for S.P.A.M., but truthfully I can squint my eyes and still see him in his little blue S.P.A.M. onesie clapping and screaming, "Robot!"
Stacey Jones
