Pinewood Derby

Ok, ok, so this really also happened last month, but since i'm just getting around to it you get to hear/read about it now. Last year for scouts they did the space derby and both blake and i didn't realize that ethan wasn't working on his spaceship at scouts until the night of the space derby. So it was the plain piece of wood that he had worked into a rounded shape, but there was no paint or stickers or nuthin on that thing so he got the award for the "all natural" space ship. This year was a tad different, we were well informed of the event and when it was coming and that he was supposed to be doing it at home (all this because i'm in the cubscouts). Anyway, Ethan came up with the design all on his own and then he and blake worked on getting it shaped and carved to his liking. Then Ethan and I painted it and got it to his satisfaction. We got it all done except for the wheels being put on since i was going to try and spray it with some shine and sealer. Blake was out of town that night so i was frantically trying to figure out how to do the wheels so that it would run smoothly. For those that are pinewood derby alumni i didn't have any graphite and i didn't sand down the wheels like i should have. I was just happy that the design was to ethan's liking and that we had it there. Ethan didn't win in the top 10 or nothing, but he did win the "best design" that everyone voted on. He used a piece of obsidian rock that we had collected at topaz mountain. We made it look as much like a comet as we could. Sam and Ryan were totally stoked to cheer ethan's car on. (Ethan's car came in 2nd on all three runs). It was a fun night.