Aidan experienced his first Pinewood Derby. And wow! Can't believe the whole thing is SUCH a big deal. It's cool and fun and all, but seriously some parents (aka dad's) really take the whole thing a tad too seriously. Just google pinewood derby and you'll see what I mean.
Weighing down the car
Being two totally clueless parents on this whole event we had to search the internet, borrow a dremmel and make due with our limited resources. Aidan's car looked pretty cool I think, but once again clueless parents that we are didn't know there were some tricks to make the wheels perform better than Aidan's did. Kind've a bummer, but thankfully Aidan wasn't too bummed he came in dead last, yep that's right, dead last. He still received a ribbon and certificate. He handled his loss like a gentleman!
Getting ready to press the button to start the race
Each child's car participated in 4 heats and finally before the 4th heat they allowed us to mess around with Aidan's car and wheels and he finally came in second. What a bummer we didn't know that sooner. Oh well, there's always next year.
5 comments:
our boys just particiaptd in their pinewood derby this week. it is totally competitive. one of the dads in our ward has been known to use his dental drills to get things just right...his boy took first place this year.my boys are just happy to race their cars on the track :-).
Way to go Aidan! Your car looks great!
Competitive? :) I'm dumb-founded by the "your car HAS to win " look some of the dad's have written all over their faces! You should see the movie "Down and Derby"....great parody of this "sport".
Our first pinewood derby is coming up soon! And we are clueless! What's the secret? And Aidan, you're a stud for being such a good sport!
Haven't decided yet if I am looking forward to all that scouting stuff or not.
We've so been there (twice) with the last-place finish. And I am laughing at your first commenter because there are two dentists in our troop and they ALWAYS take 1st and 2nd place!!
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