Anyway, here's the race track all set up. There's four sets of wire running between the frame you see in the pic and the one that's out of sight of the picture (off to the right). I love the race flags and "moon rock" - nice touches!
Now that John is a Bear scout (just barely - and I have to say he was SO excited to get his new hat, scarf and book!) he has a new leader. Here's his leader helping him wind the propeller. Already I can tell he's going to be really great with John. :)
John putting his rocket in the launch position.
We're pretty big on not taking over projects like this for our kids. This was John's rocket, not his parents' rocket, so we let him design and paint it 100% on his own. :)
Just a nice picture:
They ran several races, and this is a close up of one race's winner (and the winner of the whole space derby, as it would turn out:)
And the photo finish of John's rocket. "Second" he says:
Just barely!
Sweet little Carena (who I absolutely adore) has a teeny, tiny ornery streak in her, so she and Brian got along great. LOL. She kept picking on him and he just kept returning it. At one point, I was sitting in one of the spectator seats and I hear "Sister Cook! Sister Cook!" I turn and see Brian with a big rubber band aimed at me!
This is Brian's "She caught me" face, and Carena's triumphant laugh for ratting him out:
Too funny. Here's some more random pics.
Edith, Nylene, and Anna really get into planning things like this. They do such a good job following through with the theme. I loved the treats: moon dust (pixie sticks), star crunch, and cosmic brownies. Yummy. Edith made for a fantastic announcer, and the certificates the boys got were really cute too. I hope these ladies who work so hard weren't too bothered by the chaos of people. This room we sometimes meet in seems to be shrinking because the troop (and the number of younger siblings) is growing by quite a bit. It was pretty crazy at times, but we had a blast.
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It was fun, wasn't it? I'm glad you all had fun - except for Brian who may have had too much of Carena. She loves him, though. Actually, she is constantly telling me how she loves all the Cooks. I have to agree!
A blast! Ha ha! That's a good one. It sure looks like you guys had fun. I knew they did the pinewood derby, but I didn't know about the rocket one. That would be wayyyy fun. :0)
Ian and I are so excited for the day that Smith starts scouts and we get to do those fun things with him. Ian never got his Eagle and regrets it, so he's determined to encourge/help Smith do well in scouts. I also look forward to working on YW's projects with my girls.
I am glad they had fun! Although I really can't take any credit, Nylene and Edith come up with all the good ideas. I just follow orders. And make mean awards and make boys cry. :)
LOL! Who did you make cry Anna?
It was fun! Tyler was wishing he was two months older so he could have raced. It went really well time wise too. Travis had read it can be more time consuming than pine wood derbys.
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