They've been working on for a full week straight. Designing, cutting, sanding, painting, assembling, weighing, testing. To be fair, and allow each the level of participation they desire, two cars were made. The son's car, and the dad's car. Both enjoyed the experience immensely. Both learned a lot for next year.
The whole family went out to support Sam at his race. We were all thrilled with how his car turned out. Sam really wanted a Jayhawk on his car, not just red and blue paint (pictured above, far left - red and blue with blue wheels). We were able to use temporary tattoos for the Jayhawk decals on the nose and tail of the car. Worked really well and a clear protective coat kept it from rubbing off.
Both cars won lots of races. Sam placed 5th in the Boy Scout division and was so pleased with his car! 
GR's car raced in the open division. He worked really hard on his car ... using a sweet design he found on line, spending lots of time in Bob's workshop getting cuts just right, and the final touch - a special color changing paint. We are all very proud of his car ... and were all pleasantly surprised when it won ... race, after race, after race. 
They are already making plans for next year.
Yesterday, Anna turned 18 months and we've started the process of going to nursery. She did very well today, but I'm not holding my breath (and well, since I'm really typing this on the 1st of March, let's be honest, she's not gone back unless her daddy is with her, oh the long road we have a head of us). She looked super cute yesterday with her hair all done up and wearing a "fancy" dress (Rebecca's first Christmas dress - what were we doing putting a 9 month old in a size 18 month dress ... first time parents I guess). I of course didn't get pictures before it all went down hill, so today I sat Anna down after doing her hair and took a few pictures. I'm including some outtakes so you can see just how expressive this kid is. Ahhh, she doesn't have any words -- none -- but she can sure convey what she wants to with her face.
The whole family went out to support Sam at his race. We were all thrilled with how his car turned out. Sam really wanted a Jayhawk on his car, not just red and blue paint (pictured above, far left - red and blue with blue wheels). We were able to use temporary tattoos for the Jayhawk decals on the nose and tail of the car. Worked really well and a clear protective coat kept it from rubbing off.
Both cars won lots of races. Sam placed 5th in the Boy Scout division and was so pleased with his car! 
