Pinewood Derby

Today, my brother and his Boy Scout pack had their annual pinewood derby. In case you aren't familiar with what a pinewood derby is, it's a race that people can participate it in, using cars. Each person is given a block of wood (it's pinewood, btw, if you [like me] didn't catch that, lol) and they get to be creative with paint, designs, and stickers, creating a car of their own, as long as it's under 5 oz. (that was the weight limit for ours, at least). Anyway, people get together, and set up a track and race the cars. Each level of boys had a race, which was usually several heats long, and included different winners each time. My brother took 1st place in the heat for his den (twice), and went on to the finals. He got a trophy, and a certificate for the best design of a truck (he mad a shiny gold truck). Kylie also raced in the "me-toos!" races. Those are the races for siblings of the kids that are in the Boy Scout pack. She raced many heats, usually taking 2nd or 3rd place, and took home a certificate for the best use of decals on a car. Keaton is going on to district with his car (truck) to race against many other boys from different packs across the council. Cool!!!! Today is a pretty simple weekend...we had the pinewood derby thing, my dad is working, and later my mom and brother are going to an Aeros game (they're the local Houston team; they play hockey) with the Boy Scout pack, and my grandparents are watching the rest of us. :-) I'd say all in all, we've had a pretty good day so far.

*** UPDATED to add pictures of the pinewood derby and Aeros hockey game.