Pinewood Derby

Pinewood Derby Time!  

We asked Ethan a month ago what kind of car he wanted to make. I'm not even sure why we asked, we all knew what he would say...LIGHTENING MCQUEEN.  After having the cars cut, Ethan and Daddy got to some quality time painting his McQueen car.  He helped Daddy spray paint him red, and of course Mommy made Ethan wear a little mask over his nose and mouth that I'm pretty certain drove Daddy nuts...but those fumes are nasty! Then we made some stencils for Ethan to paint onto this car.  He even got out his little toy hammer to help daddy hammer in the tires.  Claire and I made Mack to race alongside McQueen...you can imagine how much help she was :)  So it was pretty much mommy's car.  The day of the derby I babysat so we ended up letting Christian race Mack with Ethan.  It was a fun night that included a potluck dinner to start and then awards rounded out the night.  Ethan's car won a couple of his heats, but didn't win the big prize ..although I'm not sure he understands that...he just thinks he's always the winner :)  They did award him the "Kiss the Competition Goodbye" award that was a giant Hershey Kiss. Man did that make his night!  Here are some pics of our derby extravaganza. 

painting McQueen, using his stencils. 

painting McQueen, using his stencils.

painting with daddy, using his stencils.

Me attempting Mack

Before I made Mack's hat out of salt dough, and before the wheels went on

Ethan so excited to race his car

Ethan and Christian with Mack and McQueen

Snacks we brought for the potluck

some of the competition

Racing

Claire having a blast

Accepting his Hershey Kiss award

So excited

The little candy cars all the racers got on the right

Playing with McQueen...which he slept with that night and has played with everyday since.