Pinewood Derby

Townsend and Emerson have been participating in Tiger Scouts this year.  This was their first pinewood derby experience...and mine too.  I grew up in a family with 1 boy and 7 girls, I really have no idea about scouting and all the things that go along with it.  Thank goodness for Hyrum.  The boys chose the design they wanted for their cars but Hyrum did all the work.  I'm hoping they can help a little more when they get older but right now I just don't want my 7 year old using a band saw!  They helped sand and paint a little bit but the credit really goes to Hyrum, what an amazing Dad!

Townsend's car on the left, Emerson's car on the right

Emerson with his car on race day.

Townsend with his car on race day

The boys claimed a perfect spot to sit and watch the races

There were about 30 cars racing that day.  After about 1/2 hour I thought, surely we are almost done, when I asked a friend of mine when the race was over she said, "oh, this usually lasts about 2 hours."  What?  I had no idea.  Hyrum had to be sent out to the gas station to buy some drinks and snacks to help keep our energy up for the long haul.  Townsend's car came in 1st place for his age group and then 3rd place overall.  He was so happy and excited when his car kept winning.  Emerson had a bit of a hard time being happy for his brother.  His car did pretty well and won some of it's races but didn't end up placing at all.  We tried to tell him that lots of other boys didn't win at all but he just wanted to be angry that his brother won and he didn't.  Sometimes it's really hard having twins!