The original title for today was going to be Road Rally Day but the coughing and asmtha started to take over the house so I decided to keep the kids inside for most of the day instead. This was not an easy choice because who wants to be cooped up during Spring Break? So for most of the day I would not have been in the running for Mom of the Year--or even the Hour. But after Scott came home and we got the Pinewood Derby activity going things started looking up!
Scott brought home new Pinewood Derby cars for all the boys but Bradley and Bryson wanted to use ones they already had. So we quickly put Blake and Brock's together and let them color them. It was waaaay faster and cleaner than paint! Brock kept saying "I ready to race!" He was one excited racer!
Brock and Blake with their finished cars and BIG smiles!
Bryson and Bradley (and Scott snuck in at the last second) chill with their "professional" Pinewood Derby Cars from past races.
We inherited a practice track which came from a very famous 4th of July Celebration in Utah several years ago when Mom and Dad brought derby cars for all the little kids and we had our own Pinewood Derby. The kids still talk about that 4th! Anyway, Bradley set up the practice track so it inclined on a patio chair and we couldn't keep Brock from waiting for an official "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!" He was just GONE!
They had so much fun and got a little creative in how high they could hold the track and how that would effect how far the car would continue to go after it ran out of track at the end. I just watched and let them race all the sadness of the day away!
Here Blake and Brock watch as Brock's car zooms down the track!
Brock was totally captivated by the whole process. They all had a blast but I think his blast went even higher than the other boys!
I loved watching them all race their car, run after it and wait to race again. We raced into the night even after it got dark and didn't call it quits until a couple of cars took major spills and lost wheels. Not to worry, we recovered all the nails and wheels and I'm sure the cars will live to race another day!
2 comments:
I love the idea of just having them color the cars -- no mess is the way to do it!
It's not a good pine wood derby if there aren't wheels falling off :) Sounds like this one was a great one! P.S. the "word verification" I have to type in to post this comment this time is 'iticku' just thought you'd like to know :)
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