Quiksilver

Can't believe its that time again...pinewood derby time!!  As the guys started planning out their car I couldn't help but think about how fun it was last year to watch Hunter take first place in his first ever pinewood derby with Ghost Rider.  Hunter decided on a shape for his car and knew he wanted it to be a chrome metallic paint job.  He and Deke got to work and when it was done it looked great.  Hunter decided to name it Quiksilver.  The only bummer was that every time you touched the paint it left fingerprints on the paint job so we put some blue tape lines on it so that he could pick it up and carry it. 

We got there and the boys were all showing each other their cars, asking what their names were and talking about the trophies sitting on the table.

My favorite part of the derby is always watching the boys cheer each other on.  I love when they all start chanting someones name or chanting the cars name as it is getting ready to race.

Then the way they pat each other on the back, slap high fives and tell each other how awesome they are.  It is so cute.  I just love to watch them encourage and support each other and cheer each other on.  A car named Big Red that was shaped like a surfboard pretty much dominated every race only losing one the entire night.  Quiksilver won race after race but when he raced Big Red twice he came in right barely behind him.

This little guy was enthralled with the whole thing except when the boys would get cheering or yelling too loudly then he would start crying.  Last year at the derby I had just found out I was pregnant with him days before and was already feeling so sick the entire morning of the race.  I kept looking at him thinking how happy I am that we are going to get to do all this scout stuff again with Hudson down the road.

When all the racing was done we headed into the room to get awards.  Hunter took 2nd place for the bears and got a ribbon and then took 2nd place overall.  The top three got a trophy and so even though this year he took second instead of first he still got to take a trophy home.  He was so excited!!!

We took him to have some frozen yogurt and celebrate.  I was really proud of the sportsmanship he showed and that even though he really wanted to take first place again this year that he was still a champ :) and that Quiksilver was still really fast.  Another awesome derby!