The Basilisk

Pinewood derby time again and Hunter came up with another fun design for his car.  He is quite the "Potterhead" and loves all things Harry Potter. He wanted to make his car look like a snake and call it the Basilisk.  So he and Deke drew out a design, cut it, painted it and found some fun snake skin decals to put on it.  I thought it turned out really cool, I love the red eyes! 

He was super excited for the race and when we got there it was neat to see all the different cars the boys had made....

This year the girls were into the racing for about twenty minutes and then headed to the nursery to play with Hudson.  They sure are a cute cheering squad though :) :)

 

The basilisk started taking first place in all of its races and was a pretty darn speedy car.

 

My favorite part of this whole thing every year is watching how excited the boys get for each other watching their cars race.  I love to watch them talking about how cool each others cars look and cheering for each other.  This was Hunter and his best friend Tate's last year to do pinewood derby.  As I sat and watched them during the races it was crazy to me that it seems like I was just looking across at my little eight year old sitting there watching him experience this for the first time.  Now he and Tate sat as almost eleven year olds, the "older boys" of the group and I can't believe how fast his years in cub scouts have gone. 

I love this picture of the two of them.  They are such good friends and can't believe in a year they will both be in young mens and be receiving the priesthood.  It was neat to watch them cheering on and encouraging the other little guys doing the derby for the first time. 

Soon the races were done and they gave out the awards.  Hunter and The Basilisk were victorious!! Hunter grinned ear to ear and as we headed to the car he was talking about how sad he was that this was his last year.  I am too actually, I am glad that we get to look forward to this down the road with Hudson. 

 

 

We headed to get tacos and milkshakes to celebrate and I couldn't stop smiling at him.  It has been fun to learn about all this "boy stuff" with him, he makes it so fun.  Good racing dude, you are awesome!!