Pinewood Derby

For the last two weeks, SM has been coming home from work and working on his Pinewood Derby car. Before he could actually start anything on the car though, we had to go buy him a large pocket knife. And later he found out how sharp the pocket knife really is...actually he found it out three times and by the last time, he'd taken to wearing gloves while carving, so that just in case the blade closed down on his fingers, he wouldn't get cut (which is what had happend the two earlier times) and the third cut was actually through the gloves but not as bad as the first two, because it was through the gloves. (Was that a long sentence or what?)

After all the carving came the sanding and then the painting of the car. I was very impressed how detail oriented SM really is. When we have children I hope they get both of our artistic talent, that would be cool.

What a beautiful car! Now, can it race? (Oh, and the picture doesn't show it but SM painted yellow lightening bolts on the side and front). During the racing the car did okay. It didn't take first or second but it also didn't end up so slow that it didn't make it to the end of the course (like the Bishops' car).

And here is when he put it in the open challenge...notice there is another car glued to the top...it actually did very well with the extra weight. SM had a great time at the Pinewood Derby. I had fun talking to all my friends and looking at the cars that were made.