Down and Derby

It's that time of year again for the pinewood derby. I have decided, based on my observation, that the pinewood derby is 99.9% for the dads and about .1% for the scouts.

At first I was a little annoyed at my dh for doing all the work. I honestly couldn't believe how much time he put into this car. From the day we got the block of wood out came the designs. Once that was decided on (yes Brekkon did have a say in that) then came the fun part, painting the car. Well, what does my hubby do? He takes it to get professionally painted. Yes, you read that right. There is a guy in our church that paints cars for a living and he said he would be willing to paint any scouts car. Well like my dh is going to pass up a deal like that. So over they go to get the car painted. I feel that I must add that my son did come up with the paint design.

Now, as I said I was at first upset that my hubby didn't really let Brekkon do much on the car; however, once I took a look at all the other cars I realized that not one of these scouts got to even so much as touch the block of wood that would soon become their car. I overheard some dads talking about where they placed the weights in hopes that it would go faster. But what was most amusing was watching what my dh did once the weighing in was done. He added the "secret" weapon...lubricant on the wheels to make the car go faster. Seriously it was like I was watching the movie Down and Derby, only not quite to that extreme.

Once the final touches were added to the cars the races were on the way. It really was fun to watch the scouts get exciting whenever their car would win. Here are a few pictures from that night.

Brekkon and his friend next to their cars that their dads made.