Pinewood Derby (Rocket Racers)

Now that we have a boy in scouts, we are beginning to go through all those fun activities for scouting. Well, our ward did the annual Pinewood Derby (or Rocket Racing Derby) this last month. Zach was more than excited as he planned out in detail what his rocket would look like - the actual shaping, painting, and assembling was a little crazy as he was new to the whole experience.

But the night of the derby, he was all excited and could hardly wait to race his rocket.


I didn't get any "construction" pictures, but here's one of him and the finished product. He was so proud of his rocket, which he named the "brown shark."


Hailey and Tate weren't sure what was going on and this was both of their first experience with Pack Meeting. It was loud and crazy and kept both of their attention the entire time we were there.


They were a little slow in the going at first and we waited for what seemed like forever until it was Zach's turn. The did one practice run and the propeller broke. Heartbroken, Jeremiah and Zach had to bow out of the race and head back to the fix-it table to repair it.


Once it was fixed, they joined another group of racers and were all ready to go (this time without a practice run, just in case!). Love his smile in this picture. I was lucky to get one that wasn't blurry. He was so excited that he kept moving just as I would take the picture and I had to take around 5 or 6 just to get a good one!


And here's video of the race - his brown shark did really well and it was so fun to see him enjoy the fruits of his labors.



It sure is fun to watch him get into all of the scouting activities. He's so cute and gets so excited. Way to go Zach, that brown shark was an awesome rocket racer!