Palmer has been excited for the Pinewood Derby for years now. Last year Josh made pinewood derby cars with the boys just for fun. It got a lot more interesting when it was a real car however.
Josh wasn't sure what to do so they just started working on it together.
It ended up being so cool, but not being heavy enough, so Josh took off one of the plastic bracelets that Palmer likes to wear and stuffed it inside the derby car. Yep, pretty professional :)
I think they were just happy that it was done and Josh was happy that Palmer liked it.
Little did they know that Palmer's car would set the record for the fastest time and keep the record the whole time!!
Pretty neat huh?
I had to keep laughing that Palmer's car kept winning because I knew about the bracelet. Josh said later that he was surprised that it didn't fall off right on the track!
There were some seriously cool cars there.
They had a really cool digital track and the times and races flashed on a screen. You can see Palmer's record down at the bottom.
A little nervous.
It was pretty hard to keep the boys away from the track. McKay was really interested in it.
At the end they had sundaes and McKay got right in line by himself and got himself some ice cream.
It ended up being a little messy (this is after I cleaned up the pool of ice cream he left).
I have to say we have the best scout committee! they made cute pit passes and certificates for all of the boys. They all had so much fun!
Much to Palmer's disappointment they didn't really announce the winners, so he wrote first place on his certificate himself.
His "Pit Pass".
He was so happy with his 1st experience with the Pinewood Derby.
2 comments:
How awesome! And great thinking on Dad's part!
And seriously, McKay in the picture where he is kneeling - I did a double take and thought it was Hunter!!!
I know they look so much alike! Thanks for the comment Catherine!
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