We are absolutely the worst scouting parents on the face of the earth.We stayed up super late the night before his 9th birthday trying to finish his Beaver, or Wolf, or whatever animal you're supposed to get when you are 8. We've started many projects that haven't been finished, ie. the newspaper recycling, the chore chart. But this one takes the cake.
He recieved his pinewood derby box about 2 months ago. Right away he wanted to work on it. Sure, sure, not right now though.
That is what we told him every time. The derby got moved back, then it was conference. Last Wednesday I called his leader about where scouts was to be held.
Not this week, she said, because of the pinewood derby on Saturday.
Holy Crap!! It's on Saturday!
Mike! It's on Saturday! Oh no! Mike has to work late every night!
It was up to me. And Chance wanted a rocket car. Exactly how do you make a block of wood pointy and round with a miter saw??
Two mutilated car kits later and it was Friday night, and there was no rocket car.
Dang.
So I told Chance that we were going to have to use his car from last year (the car we cut and painted the night before). We'd paint it a new color, though, that's cool right? It's okay right? Don't tell anyone about this, okay?
So he raced his old car.
And won 2nd place.
Next year he wants to use the same car.
Just paint it a different color.
Thank goodness.
4 comments:
We just went through the whole pinewood derby thing, it was Andy's first. I was glad it was over, then my husband decided it would be a great EQ activity, so we are having another race this Friday, and what do you think Jon has been working on for the past 2 weeks? Mind you he only worked a few days with Andy on his. I'm off to bake desserts now for this activity, I love being the EQ president's wife :)
that's hilarious!
Kristy-That sounds like such a fun EQ activity, considering how into it the dad's get. Oh the joys of having to be in charge, or having your husband in charge which pretty much means you do everything. Have fun!
Liz-Just wait.
That's a cute pic of Chance. I miss your kids..
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