We had a lot to live up to with this year's Pinewood Derby since McKay took first place last year. Jaxon is a Cub Scout now along with McKay so we had two cars to design, cut, sand, prime, paint, apply decals and stickers and do test runs with. We can call the year a success--both cars did well and Jaxon's car took first place!
McKay and Jeremy doing some last minute prep to the cars before signing them in. Once the cars were weighed in, there was no more adjustments, graphite additions or anything--just racing.
Jaxon placing his car on the track for his first heat.
McKay placing his car on the track for his second heat. He was in lane three this race, which we found out later was not the fastest lane. He also raced his car backwards (because his weights were in the back of his car) and we later found out that because of the track set up, his car would have been faster if he had raced it forwards. Things we learned for next year.
Jaxon's (left lane) and McKay's (middle lane) cars competing head to head in their first race.
Jaxon was awarded first place! Here he is pinning on his first place medal.
McKay receiving an award for his car: "Fastest Looking Car"
My future Pinewood Derby Racer. Kayden dug through the diaper bag at the end of the races until he found two cars that he could race on the track.
McKay with his award and his slick looking car. He painted it gold this year and added some "One Way" and "Yield" stickers to his car. His car was very sharp looking!
Here is Jaxon with his first place car. See that shiny medal pinned to his chest? That is his first place medal! Jaxon painted his car black this year and then put some flame decals on the sides of his car. He also added a cow crossing sticker to the front and a 65 mph sticker to the top.
At the end of the night they let it be known that we are the family to beat. Two first place cars in two years. Way to go Jaxon and McKay! (We will also add in a "Way to go Dad!" as he was with the boys every step of the way and helped the boys with all aspects of their cars. Thanks Dad!)
McKay is number 13 and the tallest kid on his team. A lot of times he would go to the basket and receive a quick pass then lay it up in. (I make it sound so smooth, but needless to say, the basketball made it's way into the hoop several times.)
Going for the rebound. Come on, jump! Will ya?
Not much of an action shot, but McKay had just shot the ball. He was shooting around with his friends after his game.
McKay and Jeremy doing some last minute prep to the cars before signing them in. Once the cars were weighed in, there was no more adjustments, graphite additions or anything--just racing.
Jaxon placing his car on the track for his first heat.
McKay placing his car on the track for his second heat. He was in lane three this race, which we found out later was not the fastest lane. He also raced his car backwards (because his weights were in the back of his car) and we later found out that because of the track set up, his car would have been faster if he had raced it forwards. Things we learned for next year.
Jaxon's (left lane) and McKay's (middle lane) cars competing head to head in their first race.
Jaxon was awarded first place! Here he is pinning on his first place medal.
McKay receiving an award for his car: "Fastest Looking Car"
My future Pinewood Derby Racer. Kayden dug through the diaper bag at the end of the races until he found two cars that he could race on the track.
McKay with his award and his slick looking car. He painted it gold this year and added some "One Way" and "Yield" stickers to his car. His car was very sharp looking!
Here is Jaxon with his first place car. See that shiny medal pinned to his chest? That is his first place medal! Jaxon painted his car black this year and then put some flame decals on the sides of his car. He also added a cow crossing sticker to the front and a 65 mph sticker to the top.
I dared McKay to wear his hair like that the next day to school for $3.00. He gave me an enthusiastic "OKAY!". I was out three dollars the next day.
As for Josh, his crazy hair lasted long enough to take this picture and then he insisted that we fix his hair so it wasn't spiky. The kid likes his hair looking nice, even for bed time.
Here Josh is snuggling with our dog Suki. It doesn't get sweeter than this. (Say it with me now: "Ahhhhhh")
Here are some cute boys in the tub. Josh had a sleepover with his cousin Lachlan (left). The next morning we had a bubble bath and did spiky hair-dos.
Josh loves to help his dad. This was in November when they were putting up Christmas lights on the house. Josh thought it was pretty cool to be on the roof. Josh will also let you know when things need to get done. Come the end of February, he let his dad know that it was time to get on the roof again to get the lights off the house. I promise, I didn't put him up to it. But I was glad that he pointed it out.
Josh has a play group once a week and we rotate house. Here he and his friends created a "Wipe Out" course. They got the idea from a TV show they had seen. They had fun wiping out. I had fun watching them.
I took this one just the other day. I had to add it to this post. It shows his creativity. He took the Costco milk box and made himself a helmet. He drew pictures on it and wrote his name on it (in case he lost it in battle). Love this kid.
