blues & basics

there is a lot of building going on around our house.  while i am busy building a baby, sy and craig have been busy building sy's pine wood derby car for the cub scouts' big annual race.  thank goodness craig has had enough time off to help sy because if it was left up to me, he would have been sending a plain block of wood down the track.  sy designed the car and craig cut it out for him...

next came the paint job and attaching weights and wheels...

the big event was on friday night and we all had so much fun.  craig was able to come home early and it was a great night.  soren had a ball and i had so much fun cheering for sy's car.   he didn't win the derby but his car was fast enough that he won quite a few races.  out of about 45 cars he definitely had one of the top 10 fastest cars.  the best part of the evening was sy's attitude.  he did a great job of cheering for all the other cars and didn't get too upset when his car lost...or too crazy when his car won.  here is the table full of all the cars ready for the race.  sy's car is the red and black one, fourth from the right in the bottom row...

 this is sy's car at the beginning of his first race.  his car is on the far right...

sy and soren both had a great time...

 

at the end of the evening, all the boys received a patch for their uniforms and a hot wheels car...

and then we all went out for ice cream.

the last of the building going on right now involves both boys and their daddy as they are building their first robot together.  it is a lego mindstorms robot that they can build and program themselves (with some help from the dad).  last night after family home evening they did their first programming and here is a little video of their work.  take note that soren decided to narrate the entire video...