The Pinewood Derby was fun. I really didn't know what to expect. I think my older brothers participated in this Boy Scout tradition but I was probably too young to notice. We have a big group of scouts here. Most of the boys have older brothers who were there to cheer. The atmosphere was a great mix of friendly-competition and accomplishment driven pride. There were many heats. They ran the races with the aid of some computer software that figured out the speed of the cars and made race heats with cars that were more compatible with each other. Each car raced several times and I think each kid ended up winning at least one heat. Things were a little crazy so it was hard to tell exactly what was going on.
Wyatt's car ended up being one of the faster cars on the track. I think he ended the night in the top 8 of 20 or so racers. He also won second in a design category. We were all pretty proud of him.
And now, a bunch of pictures only I care about seeing...
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| Colter, being excluded from the sawing and sanding action. |
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| We got to the race super early (we are never early for things...) because Wyatt's car was a little under weight. Wyatt was kind of nervous. We didn't have a way to test the car out on any kind of track just our table. |
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| Adell got tired and bored. To entertain herself she flipped the camera on my phone around and took about 50 pictures of herself making silly faces. I kept this one. |
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| Wyatt's super-proud-face after winning his first few heats. |
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| Can you see his face? He is pumped! I think his car won this heat too--I cannot remember. |
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| Colter knows how to clap. He took his job of cheering the racers on very seriously. |
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| A happy kid...with graphite stained fingers. |
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