Well tonight was the Pinewood Derby for Cub Scouts. Jaymz did pretty well! We didn't have the tools to cut the car, so we took the easy way out and went to the store and bought a pre-cut one. They said that was fine as long as it was the right pinewood car. So Jaymz painted it and got it all "cool" then they put the wheels on it and added some weights and we were good to go. WELL- not as easy as we thought-- when we got to the church, they told us that the wheels we had were illegal!! So someone found us some fight wheels and we had to switch them out. That would have been fine, but the axles were different so the good wheels didn't really fit. James glue gunned the axel in and after a rough time getting it to work we ended up with a car that would go! It had 3 yellow tires and 1 black one, but that made it flashy-- right?
James ended up doing better than I thought he would- he won 3 and lost 3 races. He had a good time and we learned something so I guess that is what matters!! Damon had a great time with his little friends Max and McKay!
Rumah Minimalis 2 Lantai Dinding Kaca
5 years ago
5 comments:
Well ya live and learn huh. Last year was our first year and I was suprised at all the rules!! Looks like ya had a good time though!!
what your ward didn't buy the cars for you? :) My husband was Cub Master for 3+ years and just got released just in time for Cole to go into scouts :(
I know all about the pine wood derby! Glad that's over for me. Our ward bought our cars for us also. But the boy who one ours had illegal tires also, but they let him use it. Oh well. Better luck next year.
The ward did buy the cars for us- we just didn't have anything to cut it out with so we opted to buy a pre cut one ourselves! You live and you learn right??
maybe you could buy a saw and make a living out of cutting pine wood derbys. Tell them they are guaranteed to win, then in fine print put "unless you don't win!"
Perfect! I realize that was a little random, but I am still going to post it just so you will understand just why I don't usually make any comments!!!!
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