Pinewood Derby

Steven was super excited now that Xander is eight he gets to do pinewood derby car with him.  Although not excited enough not to procrastinate, I had to freak out two days before so he would get his crap together and get it done. 

Sanding down the body

It's all cut!

Painting. Xander decided he wanted a blue and yellow motif

Paizley had to have her own thing to paint so Steven broke out a ceramic set that she got for Christmas.

Painting yellow racing stripes for Boppy

Getting ready for the race

 

Steven is confident

 

The Race, Xander's car is the third from the right

This is Xander's epic fail face.  There were nineteen cars and we took somewhere between 15th and 19th place.  The scoreboard only showed the top fourteen cars.   I don't know why anyone was surprised we tend not to excel at anything. 

Xander still received a certificate and the pleasure of losing