Pinewood Derby

" '09 Allstar" (named after kalob's favorite Wii game, NCAA '09 Allplay).

Let the races begin! The Pinewood Derby was this last Friday which also happened to fall on Kalob's birthday. Eric called Kalob Tuesday night on his way home from work to ask him what he wanted his car to be like. Kalob was playing the Wii at the time and it inspired him to design his car like a Wii controller. They started working on it Wednesday and put the finishing touches on it Friday just before it was time to leave for the races.

When I was helping put some of the last touches on it I started to think that maybe he could actually win something for design. It looked pretty cool! I still kept remembering last year though, how horrible his car had done with speed (he came in last place) I kept saying to Eric not to get his hopes up about winning anything for speed. I didn't think they'd even come close. Funny thing happened, he came in 3rd place for speed! He also won 2nd place for design. The scouts got to vote on each other's cars this year to determine the winners of design. I thought that was a great idea to let them do it instead of the leaders. Anyway, much better than last year I have to say! It was cool that he got to win on his birthday. That made it even more special for him. Also, his best friend Luke and his grandpa Pruett were there. He loved that! It was an exciting night for him (and Eric). ;)

Weigh in

The races begin. This was Kalob's car against "Who cut the cheese" car, which won 2nd for speed & 3rd for design (the opposite of Kalob's)

Waiting at the end of the track.

Kenzie, Colton, & Beau would get so excited when Kalob's car would win a race.

This race was against "The Batmobile", the 1st place winner for speed & for design.

Receiving his awards

Funny thing, all 6 trophies went to 3 boys. They each won one for speed and one for design.