Pinewood Derby

 The Contenders

Paul and Alex made Blue Silver Bullet. Alex wanted a rocket, so that is what it is. :)

Couch Potato was Pop-pop's car, even though he couldn't make it. Surprise Texas was Uncle Ben's car. And Silver Spade belonged to Ben's friend David but Ben ended up painting it and racing it.

Alex LOVED his rocket car and was just dying to play with it. So, after it lost all of its races he got to play with it to his heart's content.  In the top left and bottom left photos you can see Paul in the red shirt and hat holding Alex as their car is about to race. Austin is playing with his friend Hannah. Her mom, my friend Tawnya, and I said, "OK babies let's take your picture, just in case you decide to get married some day!" and they immediately held hands. It was really funny. Austin and Hannah were born 2 1/2 weeks apart. (She was actually born on his due date, but we didn't meet them until they were about 4 months old.)

The boys had a lot of fun making their cars. Unfortunately, none of the cars did very good in their races, but we did learn some tips to make them faster next year.