OK, OK, SO MAYBE IT'S NO INDY RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL BE TO US!
KODI HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIS PINEWOOD DERBY CAR FOR CUB SCOUTS.
ACTUALLY, THIS VERY QUICKLY BECAME A "FAMILY" PROJECT.
ERIC AND KODI CUT, DRILLED AND SANDED THE CAR TO KODI'S PERFECTION.
NEXT......
THE CAR HAS TO WEIGH A CERTAIN AMOUNT. NO ONE CAR CAN WEIGH OVER 5 OZ.
THIS IS VERY VERY PRECISE...TO THE POINT THAT THEY WEIGH EACH INDIVIDUAL CAR.
THIS IS WHERE BROTHER GAVIN COMES IN...... HE AND KODI KEPT WEIGHING THE CAR. THEY HAD ERIC'S LITTLE SCALE OUT (THAT WE USE FOR WEIGHING OUR ARROWS) AND KEPT TELLING ERIC... "WE NEED MORE WEIGHT" OR WE NEED TO TAKE SOME OUT. (THEY STRATEGICALLY PLACED LED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR TO GET IT CLOSER TO 5 OZ....TO GET MORE SPEED)
NOW....U ASK...HOW DID THOSE LITTLE MINDS FIGURE THIS OUT? AGAIN...
BROTHER GAVIN.
HE GOT ONLINE FOR KODI, AND GOOGLED PINEWOOD DERBY CAR RACES. HE THEIR FOUND LOTS OF GOOD TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR CAR THE QUICKEST IN THE PACK!
(PERFECTLY LEGAL... I SWEAR...SCOUTS HONOR!!!)
SO AFTER WE GOT THE WEIGHT JUST RIGHT.... YEP MAMA RACHEL HAD TO GET IN ON IT.
KODI AND I DECIDED WE GOTTA SPRUCE OLD #85 UP A BIT!
WE GATHERED PAINT FROM NEIGHBOR BOB (WHOM IS BIG INTO HOBBYING AND MODELS) WE ENDED UP WITH WHITE, BLACK AND ORANGE.
I HELPED HIM PAINT HIS CAR SO IT WOULD BE JUST AS HE WANTED.......... HOWEVER..... REMEMBER THIS IS OUR KODI... AFTER WE GOT ONE COAT DONE HE SAID
" NAH I DONT WANT THAT WHITE, I WANT THAT PART BLACK".
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WITH A SMILE I SAID OK.
WE WAITED FOR THAT COAT TO DRY, AND WE PAINTED OVER IT.
AFTER ABOUT 4 DAYS WE FINALLY GOT THE PAINT DONE. IT TOOK SEVERAL COATS TO GET IT LOOKING THE WAY HE WANTED.
SO WE ARE DONE, AND AWAITING THE BIG RACE!!!
WE HAVE A WHITE BLACK AND ORANGE CAR...(AKA A CINCINATTI BENGALS CAR)
HE WILL FIRST RACE AMONGST HIS PACK. THE TOP FEW KIDS THEN WILL RACE AGAINST OTHERS FROM HIS SCHOOL....AND THE TOP FROM THEIR WILL GO ONTO THE BIG CITY RACE!
IT'S ABOUT A MONTH DOWN THE ROAD BUT KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR #85 AND KODI!
GOOD JOB KODERS..YOUR CAR LOOKS AWESOME AND IT HAS ALOT OF FAMILY LOVE IN IT!!!!
2 comments:
how fun! Sounds like it kept the boys busy!
BTW... I totally think you should do the "personal" blog. I LOVE having a second place to write down my thoughts (even if I am the only one who ends up reading them)
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