Isn't he just so handsome in his Cub Scout uniform!!??!! He was trying to smile but didn't really want to but at least we got this smirk out of him!! Much better than what he does for school pictures!
This was our first experience with the Pinewood derby. The pack leaders were more than helpful in getting our cars cut out. Nate went for the simple approach. The original design was a tank....but he didn't want to add the dowel to make the "gun" part nor did he want to paint any thing on it to resemble a tank. We kept asking if he wanted to put some embelishments on there....but nope! When we got to the meeting he had to weigh his car. Ooops....it was about 7 grams too heavy. But we didn't know what to do. He didn't have any weights on it to take off. What made it too heavy was the block of wood on the top and the only way to make that part lighter was to drill holes in the car....so we found a nice gentleman with a drill. Each hole took off 1/2 gram....so about 14 holes later he was ready to race!! And that succor got 2nd place!!!!!!!! He was so proud and I was estactic that he got this trophy!!! This does wonders for Nate!
A cool thing about this pack(and maybe all of them??) is they include the little sisters of the scouts. They call them Pixies. They each got to make and race their own car. Sophia's didn't do so well but she did get the "Sportsmanship" award because she was always cheering for everyone even when she lost!
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Yay, Nate!! I remember it was usually the simpler style cars that won the pinewood derby when Bently & Ryan participated too. There were always a lot of Dad's who were so into building the coolest car, that you wondered who the race was really for. ha
Congrats to Sophia for having a great attitude. That really counts!!
Tell Nate that Uncle Frankie's car was the fastest of all the other cars in the Pine Wood Derby at his school. Maybe not, it might make him feel bad that he came in 2nd place. I think that's great! I lost a small knife at a Pine Wood Derby once. Someone borrowed it to make their car lighter and never returned it. Tell Nate that Granny is proud of him. It's nice that Sophia got to race too and got an award. Tell her Granny's proud of her too!
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