It's always a lot of fun for everyone, except that this year, we scheduled it a little too late in the fall and it crowded in on the Holidays. That problem, thankfully, has already been rectified for next fall.
Jericho was all gung ho about wanting to get a trophy for speed this year, but because it was around 8 pm the night before the race (as we were shopping in the dollar store to find some Pez dispensers to
After laboring for weeks staying up really late the night before the race, we came up with these two cars...the Pollen Jock and the Spidey-Mobile.
Here, Jericho's Pollen Jock is lined up ready for the first heat of the race.
Jericho waits expectantly to see if 4.8 oz (limit 5 oz) will, in fact win for speed.
His crestfallen look when his race car finishes last (and the friend to his left finished ahead of him). He might as well learn early in life that "you win some, you lose some".
Here, Grandma watches the race and supervises little brother. See the blur of activity to her right in the second picture? That's our little Judah.
Jericho does indeed win a trophy for design...for the fourth year in a row. Mom's with art degrees are good for something, after all.
And yes, you may have noticed that he is absolutely filthy. Yes, he did take a shower that morning, and yes, he started off with clean clothes. Boys will be boys, however, and between heats in the race, they disappeared to the back lot for an ongoing game of touch football.
I spent the morning serving food at the Pitstop Cafe, and in-between times, acted as roving photographer gathering pictures for our end-of-the-year slide show presentation. Jeff brought the devotional.
Judah watched the races from the best seat in the house. "Whoa!" he would exclaim when they'd crash into the pillow at the end of the track.
Judah's and my Spidey-Mobile lined up and ready to go.
If only "Pie-dough Man" (as Judah would say) could have used his Spidey powers to pull himself to the finish line more quickly. Yup, there he is STOPPED just short of the finish line. How pathetic is that, lol?
This was us after the race was over. We had a really good time in spite of the fact that Judah was long overdue for a nap.
But that was just fine, because he and mommy had a nice loooong nap after we got home.
11 comments:
Those cars are darling. The boys will be playing with them long after the derby.
When Beanie was in cub scouts they had a derby each year. The cubbies had to do the cars in their meetings each week leading up to the big event. The final week they could take them home for painting. Let's just say that neither one of Beanie's parents have art degrees.
What a fun day for the boys! My son always participates in the pinewood derby with the Boy Scouts (as he is a scout) and usually comes in near last. He did win this last year, though and his Daddy was more proud than he was.
Thanks, Becky for always coming over and leaving the most thoughtful comments. I always look forward to visiting you and having you come to see me. Take care and have a great Sunday. Kellan
Hey Becky - come back and see me, I have something at my site for you. Kellan
Those derby cars are STUPENDOUS!!! Go art degree mom!
Hey - you are very welcome - well deserved!!!! You just right click on the picture and copy it to your file (pictures) and then download it from your pictures to your post and to put it in your side bar you go to your "customize" and go to the picture one and do the same thing - down load it from your pictures. Got it? I didn't know how to do all that either, I'm still not sure I do all of it right. See you soon. Kellan
Pie Dough Man stopped before the finish line? Just shows that looking good doesn't always matter (I tell myself this quite often when I glance in the mirror~~~ and glancing is all I care to do these days ;) !) Oh well, it doesn't matter if they win if they had fun, and there's always next year! gotta figure something that looks good AND gets some speed going. Jericho IS lucky to have you for his mom, but not just because you help him make awewome looking cars!
Becky, I am so embarrassed, I never mailed your books and I just realized I can't find your address. Found your box sitting here. SOOO embarrassed, will you mail me the address again?
I LOVE all the pictures! What fun that looks like!
Kristin@KristinBillerbeck.com
Again, I'm so sorry!
Fun, fun, fun!!! Your kids are so lucky you're such a creative mom! My kids never won in the "best design" category. EVER! lol
Looks and sounds like a great day. :o)
Wow! Great cars! :o)
I can't believe Pie-dough Man pooped out! Maybe he was getting some sort of mixed signal through his piedy senses! LOL
Glad you had fun!
Those are awesome. When my son was in Cub Scouts (He's a big bad Boy Scout now)we did the Pinewood Derby. I am not much on the creative front, so we went for fast. he almost won one year, but for some reason, we were never quite as quick as the Scout Master's son. Things that make you go, "hmmmmmm"
Great job, mama!
I found you from Jenster's blog.
I LOVE the Awana grand prix. One year they did a leaders race and you bet I got a car. I made a replica of my Saturn. It was a great time. :)
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