So my son had his first Pinewood Derby Race this last Wednesday. He had alot of fun doing the racing. It was quite an experience doing the car though. My husband, who is a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like the race cars, was helping my osn do his car this year. My son just wanted to leave it like it was, and just put varnish on it. Not my husband. They needed to paint it. And have numbers and flames on it. So my son said cool, that would be fine. So a month later, at least 10 coates, and 7 cans of paint spray, we finally got the car done. This was, to me, the most expensive pinewood derby car. Every time my husband would paint it, the first coat would go on pretty good, then the second, then for some reason the third would start cracking the paint. It did this every time we painted the car. It was kind of funny, but my husband was getting very frustrated with the car and the paint. We finally got it done about two days before the race. Nice looking car. Very smooth. Well it would have to be with as many sandings we did to take paint off.
My son got to race the car last Wednesday night. Now he didn't win any races, but he won in attitude. He had a very good attitude for the whole thing. Didn't get mad once. In fact, he happened to have two cars, because he did a car last year, but wasn't able to race it, so he let another boy, who didn't have a car, use the one from last year. Very nice of my son to do. The boys all had a good time. Not one child got mad or thru a tatrum. I have heard horror stories about these races. But ours was very nice and fun activity. We gave awards out to everyone. Bet you can't guess which one my son got. You got it, the most expensive. LOL.
So my son had his first Pinewood Derby Race this last Wednesday. He had alot of fun doing the racing. It was quite an experience doing the car though. My husband, who is a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like the race cars, was helping my osn do his car this year. My son just wanted to leave it like it was, and just put varnish on it. Not my husband. They needed to paint it. And have numbers and flames on it. So my son said cool, that would be fine. So a month later, at least 10 coates, and 7 cans of paint spray, we finally got the car done. This was, to me, the most expensive pinewood derby car. Every time my husband would paint it, the first coat would go on pretty good, then the second, then for some reason the third would start cracking the paint. It did this every time we painted the car. It was kind of funny, but my husband was getting very frustrated with the car and the paint. We finally got it done about two days before the race. Nice looking car. Very smooth. Well it would have to be with as many sandings we did to take paint off.
My son got to race the car last Wednesday night. Now he didn't win any races, but he won in attitude. He had a very good attitude for the whole thing. Didn't get mad once. In fact, he happened to have two cars, because he did a car last year, but wasn't able to race it, so he let another boy, who didn't have a car, use the one from last year. Very nice of my son to do. The boys all had a good time. Not one child got mad or thru a tatrum. I have heard horror stories about these races. But ours was very nice and fun activity. We gave awards out to everyone. Bet you can't guess which one my son got. You got it, the most expensive. LOL.
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Parents take this race very seriosly. Me being a Den leader got to be one of the two judges last year of who can in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in each race. Luckily the track determined the positions so all we had to do was look at the pattern of the lights and agree with each other. then clear it for the next race. My sons has not won the top 1st or 2nd place but he did have a lot of fun. This is his last year doing it. Then I have a 2 year break until the next one. Then the following year there will be two cars to do so my youngest son will join in on the fun.
In our ward in Saratoga the elders quorum hosted a pinewood derby race as a ward breakfast and activity. To let all of those dads do one as a grown up. It was one of the most attended activities I've ever been too.
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