Pinewood Derby!!!!

Samuel got to join Cub Scouts just in time!! His first cub scout meeting was actually a pack meeting and they handed everyone their pinewood derby cars. So he and Aaron worked hard and built Samuel's first pinewood derby car. You can see duck tape on the car because we were a little under weight. Our den leader had brought a bunch of little weights that we could tape on the car before the races. Samuel's car did really well. He won the first race and then came in second in the next two races! You will enjoy all the wonderful pictures I took.

Okay, so my timing is a little off. I actually tried to take a picture just after they let the cars go, but I didn't push the button hard enough. So then I followed the car farther down the track and pushed the button harder. Yeah, I forgot about whole time delay thing, and so you get a nice picture of the finish line that Samuel's car had already passed! You do get to see the third place car though. Maybe I should've paid attention to whose car it was and I could've emailed his mother this picture :)

Since the still shot didn't turn out so well, I decided that I would take a video of it. The video wasn't actually too bad, I just forgot to push the button hard again to stop the video, so you get to see a bit of the gym floor at the end. Samuel's car got second in this video.

This is Samuel's last race. He placed second again. I think for his first Pinewood Derby, he did really well. He ended up getting a certificate for the best sports car design!