Pinewood Derby

 

Dax recently had his first Pinewood Derby. This caused a little anxiety in our home since Curtis does not enjoy working with his hands not even a little bit, nor do we even have good tools to create such a project. They did good -Curtis cut out the car, then Dax sanded everything and I helped him paint it (just the stripe), Dax picked the colors, etc. Then off to the races and Dax lost every race, except for one that was a photo finish and in Dax's view, he won. So we'll go with that. Curtis said there were cars that were obviously bought and not the standard Cub Scout-issue cars. He said they looked sleek and professional and they won every race. It was apparent that it was about winning the Pinewood Derby rather than making the car. He said Dax has fulfilled his requirement of making one, and from now on we will be buying the pre-made cars. I feel like this is almost like the baseball players that justify using steroids because they have to be able to compete with the other players just stay in the game, but I don't care because cutting things out of wood is not our thing. Dax got the award for the most "Fuel Injected" car. He had to add some weight so he glued some bolts on top (after this picture was taken) I guess they looked like fuel injectors.