Pinewood Derby

Mike has waited years for this day. No, he didn't get another Mustang or a Harley. You would think in his profession, that he would have done this before. But, no. There is no Pinewood Derby car requirement in becoming a professional scouter. I am not sure how he never did it as a Boy Scout, but he didn't. So here was his chance, finally, to do it with his son.
They didn't really like the noise. Both Katie and Christian made one, so they were out helping dad...

Learning to sand the pinewood derby car...the evening was a little cool, so Christian had his blanket...

The requisite funny photo...

After "painting" Christian's car. It was a peel and stick "skin". It looked really cool, but I think that we will paint the car next year. (Notice the U of O colors duck fans...)

The day of the race. The cars are actually passing the finish line in this picture. They were going so fast I couldn't get them to be in the picture. But you can see Christian standing to the far left taking it all in.

He had a fast car, thanks to a dedicated dad that wanted him to do well. (He sanded the axles). He got a trophy and was on cloud nine. The first 5 runs he was 1st four times. But the computer wasn't registering them correctly, so they ran them all over again. He still ended up in second place, and he could have cared less at this age. He was just glad to have a trophy.

Look at that face...

A fun day for Dad and Son.

Katie got overall first place in the Exhibition round if you don't count the car that belonged to the boy scout that had already competed. And we're not. So she was first. (Okay, second, they did let him race...) She was pretty happy too. Not sure what happened to the pictures for her...but she was ecstatic. She wishes the girl scouts had a pinewood derby too. :)