Until today, I considered myself an incredible designer, implementer, and problem solver. I am a female, in a male dominated computer software engineer world. I can declare variables, parse difficult data into the latest and greatest format, and even use Photoshop to finish up my GUI's plain gray form face. That was all until today. Today, I went to a children's science museum with my three and five year old boys. It left me perplexed about my inabilities and shortcomings in a world I have not yet tapped. I have never built a "LEGO" car, "LEGO" space ship, or even a "LEGO" monster.

My little boys ran up to the massive heap of plastic brick blocks with shrills and delight, knowing the name brand without knowing how to read. My three year old, stacked similar colored blocks in a perfect block shape and then grew it larger and larger. My five year old was fortunate enough to find the remnants of an automobile with wheels intact to begin his creative adventure. I sat, and within a single blink of an eye realized I was outside my center of comfort. I was supposed to know this stuff! I own a toy store; I am a computer geek, why have I not been exposed to Lego