It's Derby Time!

One of those special events in boy scouts is the Pinewood Derby.  Riley's den had changed the traditional boys scout derby event into a Humpty Dumpty race where the kids create and build their derby cars but the cars have to be able to carry a raw egg without it breaking.

Riley and Andy worked on his car for a few days, figuring out how they wanted to create it, make it safe for the egg and how to decorate it.

Here is the final Humpty Dumpty Derby car:

My proud little Tiger Cub!

Registering his car and checking it's weight

Riley was disappointed that his egg cracked in it's first heat, but he was satisfied by the fact that it was the fastest in it's heat...I think it went so fast that it hit the bumper to stop them at the end of the track and the impact cracked his egg.  Poor kid was heartbroken.  But Momma cheered him up by telling him how fast his was and how cool it was that there were smashed eggs all over the track.  After that, he was in much better spirits and had so much fun watching all the heats.  The last race, the parents decided to place all the cars with eggs and race them all down the track at once!  

What a fun event!

Watching the derby heats with our friends Jake and Ava.  

We had a great pot luck dinner before the races began.  What a great way to spend a Saturday night with the kids.  You guessed it, Andy was traveling for work that day and missed the race!  He was disappointed to not have been able to be there, but he called on our way there and we called him on our way home.