A little over a week ago the men at our church had an activity where they all made and raced pinewood derby cars. It was a family event and a lot of fun. The week following this activity was the cub scout pinewood derby race. Jared isn't a cub scout yet, but since our scout troop is so small they invited Jared to participate. For the past month Kevin, Jared, and Anna have been working on their cars. (Anna used the left over parts from Kevin's car)
They looked up designs on the Internet, picked out their weights, and chose their paint. Kevin took the cars to school with him to buff the axles and weigh the cars. Everyday during the week of the cub scout pinewood derby Kevin would walk in the door from school and fidget with the kids cars. I think he was more into the activity than Jared. One evening while examining Jared's car he asks, "Jared are you happy with your car?" Silent pause while Jared ponders the question. Before Jared answers Kevin continues, "Because I was thinking that maybe we could..." Interrupted by my laughing and Kevin's moment of embarrassment over his obsession of Jared's car. Kevin looks at me, red faced, and exclaims, "Well...humph!" I'm still laughing.
They all had a fun time making their cars and couldn't wait for the race. Jared's car did well taking 2nd place behind an 11 year old scout. He had great sportsmanship and a huge smile after every race down the track. It was fun to watch.
After the event was over Anna got to race her car against whoever wanted to. She ended up beating the overall winner and the guy who won 2nd place at the grownup pinewood derby. This was the car that the least amount was spent on polishing and perfecting. Anna, Jared, and Kevin all race against each other with their cars, the results are as follows: Anna's car beat Jared's by half a length, Jared's car beat Kevin's by a full car length, and Kevin's car that took fourth in the adult competition looked like it wasn't even moving compared to the kids.
Needless to say she was really excited especially when the scout leader gave her a trophy too! She didn't put it down all night and it is currently sitting on the windowsill by her bed. Over all a really fun experience.
3 comments:
I have the pinewood derby tomorrow! I am the bear leader, its so fun!
We did a similar thing in our ward. The cub scout derby was in the early afternoon and then afterwords there was a Ward Soup'er Cross party where anyone who made a car could race and then we had soup for dinner. It was pretty cool.
Oh the joys of Pinewood Derbies! Have you seen the movie, "Down & Derby." It is so funny and after this experience you'll totally relate!
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