Katy entered into the AWANA Grand Prix that our church offered this year. It is a version of the "Pinewood Derby" that I grew up with in boy scouts. Carving wood and making look like anything other than a toothpick has never been my strong suit! Even moreso making it into a car! But, thankfully, we have many folks at the church to help us! We began in late January with a "pit stop" day that was dedicated to helping kids and their families make their cars! Wood sanders, saws, pain, lead sinkers (to weight the cars!) and no end of creative talent were all available to help make this happen! Even a few professional animators to help us design our cars! What fun! And then the race itself - which was quite an event! Katy's car even won a few races! But slicker, faster cars prevailed... Altogether it was two Saturdays of family - Church family - fun!! What a great time!
I'll post a link to more pictures at the top left of the blog spot soon!
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Cole did this last year at our church for the "Royal Rangers." He hardly spent anytime building his car and it pretty much looked like we had just painted a cube and put wheels and some stickers on. I gave him this big speech about how not to get his hopes too high, since we didn't really work as hard as everyone else. Of course he smoked everyone, winning his division, and taking 2nd place over all (just a hair behind 1st). We were accused by the other fathers of being a Pinewood Derby Hustlers. Then he went on to take state in his age group. So much for my fatherly lesson about having to work hard. Still trying to keep the right spin on this one:)
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