Pinewood Derby

Last Saturday Cameron had his 1st Pinewood Derby.  Let’s just say we were ALL excited to finally have a Pinewood Derby Race!!  David did research online of “the fastest Pinewood Derby Car”.  He even bought a 2nd car so that they could have a practice one to cut out with.  It was a lot of stress for Cameron.  Poor kid gets to much from his mom and dad!  He wanted it just perfect!!  Tuesday before the race they had a weigh in.  The car could not be over 5 ozs.  Well Cameron came home so distraught that his car was only 4.5 ozs.  Not quite enough to him.  Saturday morning David went over to the grocery story and bought some more weights and it weighed in at a perfect 4.9 ozs. 

We even brought along the cheerleaders!

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There were some very creative cars there!  A few of our favorites were the ice cream sandwich, tank and a car from the movie “CARS”.

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The track was really high tech.  It even had a photo finish that they would replay!

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Every time someone had a new, faster time this would pop up.  No one ever beat this time!Pinewood derby 014

Way out front!

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Cameron was so proud of his car!  He was flying so high the rest of the day!  Pinewood derby 022Pinewood derby 023What a good DAD!!

Comments

Candace and Brian said…
Way to go Cameron(and Dad)! How exciting for him. I love his smile. I'm sure the cheerleaders had a lot to do with it too. :) I can't even imagine doing those things with Jhett yet but I'm sure it will come soon enough.
January 31, 2012 at 9:41 PM
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