Wordless and Wordful Wednesday ~ Pinewood Derby

For the 4th year in a row Sam has won his Pinewood Derby!  He placed 1st within his Rank and placed 2nd overall!  Here are some pictures from last Saturday.  This was his last year as he will be moving up to Boy Scouts and they don't do the Pinewood Derby once they move up.

 

 

MAN!  Does this boy need a haircut or what!?!?!?!  Remember that you can click on the pictures to see them bigger.  It was a long day at the races but a fun time was had by all. 

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Pinewood Derby 2010 Results

We can hardly believe it! Sam is still asking if last night really happened. But before I tell you the outcome of last night let me give you a little history. The past 2 years that Sam has participated in the Pinewood Derby he has come in 1st place within his rank but never placed in the Grand Finals. This year while he was coming up with the design for his car I asked him how he wanted to paint it. He said that he wanted to paint it with Wendy's ribbon. Wendy is a friend of the family that is going through cancer right now. Sam knows about this and we have been very open about it with him as he knows her too along with the rest of the family. Sam got to know her daughter (who babysits and house sits for us) and I want him to know what's going on. So I told him that the color of her ribbon is blue. He also said that he wanted to write down the side of the car "We ♥ Wendy". You can only imagine how big my heart grew at hearing about what he wanted to do. So away we went working on the car. He had a feeling yesterday that he might win big and I had to remind him that there was a very big chance that he wouldn't. Just because he had one the past two years didn't mean that he would win again this year.

Well he proved us all wrong! He came in 2nd in his rank and then in the Grand Finals he came in 2nd! We are just all so proud of him! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy. You can see it on his face just how happy he is. Believe me...that smile is still there. We will be going to visit Wendy this week so that she can see the car and trophies.

Sam before the races began. Already has a smile on his face.

Eye on the prize!

On your marks, get set, RACE!

Sam's car is in the lead!

Sam checking the results.

Sam with his first trophy...for his rank.

Now with both trophies!

See what I mean about the smile from ear to ear!

The car and trophies!

Pinewood Derby 2010

So...how did Sam do tonight at his Pinewood Derby...come back here tomorrow to find out all the details. It's almost 10:50 at night and we just got home a little while ago. I'm tired and still need to read to get ready for our Sunday School lesson tomorrow. But for now I leave you a picture of his car on the official scale.

Pinewood Derby

Last week Sam and I spent most of the week working on his pinewood derby car. He drew his design on the wooden block and then we proceeded to cut it. We didn't have access to someone with a jigsaw so we cut it by hand. I let Sam do a little bit but it was taking quite a long time so I ended up sawing it by hand. He then helped with the sanding, painting and of course decorating it. Since this was our first year participating in the race I didn't plan on us placing so I prepared myself for a huge let down and a very disappointed son. I didn't prepare for him winning though

HE WON!!!!

He came in first place for his rank! Then it was time to sit and wait for the other ranks to have their races before the finals. He didn't place in the finals but he came in 7th out of 35 racers. Not bad for our first try at it! I was so proud of him and as you will see in the pictures below so was he.
After cutting the car we needed to sand it. Here it is pre-sanding.
Sam sanding away on the car. It was a lot of hard work and we both took turns.
The car after several coats of paint. Quite a few more to go before the night was through.
Sam's car winning one of the 6 heats for his rank.

He placed first in 5 out of the 6 heats.
Receiving his trophy for first place!

The car and trophy.

Here is a short video with more pictures that I took during the making of the car and also the race. We all had a lot of fun and are already planning next years race. You will have to pause the music on this blog to the left so that you can watch this video. Also I couldn't change the speed at which the pictures change but there is a pause button with each picture if you need to use it. Enjoy!

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