Pinewood Derby 2009

Tristan's car is white and Colin's is orange. Tristan's weight was on the bottom but it was a tiny bit too low so they made him change it at check in. He was a little upset that his car no longer looked like his vision for it.


Hayley's car (when it was in progress) is a black cat. She couldn't run it though since there was no parents and siblings race this year.


Waiting, waiting, waiting. The Tigers race first and there was a computer error so the Tiger race had to be run all over again before the older cub scouts race could start.


Silly face time


Are we having fun yet? YES!

I have no race shots! My camera was up to it's old tricks again and refused to work. I will get some pictures later from a friend. It was a long day, lots of boys racing. Tristan came in 4th overall! Colin was 7th! So both made it to the final ten and Tristan to the top 4!! Tristan was so happy until it turned out that he came in 4th and only the top 3 get trophies. They always have 4 in the finals since there are 4 tracks but only 3 can place and move on to the regionals. It's very hard to be 4th as we found out today. Colin at 7th was not so upset. When you are so close to winning it's harder. The races with the final 4 were all very, very close with fractions of a second separating the boys. Tristan cried, but not 'till he was in the car. He has wanted a trophy for years (no idea why he just likes the thought of it I guess!) and he kept saying "my dream will never come true".

What is a Mom to do, I found a place to order derby trophy's online and was able to order a "4th place" one and have his name engraved on. That is about all this Mom could do with such a sad boy. I hope he will like it and be happy and surprised when it arrives. I know it won't be quite the same as getting a trophy at the derby but 4th place is very good and should be rewarded!