Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Pinewood Derby

This was Jonathan's first Pinewood Derby. He and Grandma D. made his car and it was definitely one of the most popular cars there. Unfortunately, this being our first derby, we made a little mistake. Grandma glued small pieces of wood under the car to keep the wheels from falling off. This made the car rub against the track and stop about halfway down. Once we realized the problem we quickly pried the wood off the bottom and the car ran much better. The wheels did fall off, but not until the race was over.

Jonathan's car is the one with Spongebob. He made it to look like a boatmobile.




7 comments:

Linda said...

How cute is that! I remember well the days of Pinewood Derbys--what fun and craziness. The adults really got into it!

Adrian said...

What a great looking spongebob car. My boys would be envious!!

Trimble said...

Love it. And look at the two handsome boys in the background ;)

Sharron said...

Great car and congratulations on surviving your first derby!!

Unknown said...

What fun cars!! We had wheels fall off once too.

BAMBAM said...

AWESOME SpongeBob car! That gets my vote for favorite. Nice job Jonathan.

Sharron said...

I have always thought that they should have a special race for the imaginative adults . . but then they may not help the boys get their cars done!