A derby and a musical

Tyler turned 8 in November, and joined the ranking of the Cub Scouts. He and Michael were both excited to make the car, but as I mentioned in a previous post, Michael had Tyler do all the work and make all the decisions. A week ago was the big day, and mamma had a whole lotta nerves. Just one win, thats all I need...ok, maybe 2 or 3, but just let my boy feel good. It was just too much for me to bear.

Check out the totally forced smile... (this was just after I asked him to turn the car a little and he got bumped and it fell to the ground--all intact though).

He put a lego Indiana Jones on there, and a heavy bolt steering wheel. Upon weighing the night before, they stuck on a few sticky magnets to get as close to the ounce limit as possible. Click on images to see larger.



Everyone getting ready to roll
Tyler carried the flag for the first time.
Such boring things in the past, are brought to a new life when my sweet boy does them.
Getting ready for the first race--see the white tag on his leg, thats how they kept tally of who won/lost each round.

(In my thoughts, "please let my boy win.")
Yay, he did!!! Cute cute smile.
Now thats a genuine smile.
Sittin' happy.

He did lose about half of his rounds, but recognized that others had it worse off, so he was happy. It heartwrenching to see the label with red and green dots, too much labeling, I thought. He won a few, then he lost a few, then Michael noticed it was wobbling a bit. After checking it out, it appeared one of the wheel axles slightly came out, so he popped it back in and it ran much better. They gave out trophies for 1-3 place, and Tyler left estimating he thinks he got 4th. I'm not going to argue that math.
Cute treats made by someone at the end.
Overall it was fun, but its just one of those things that I will probably dread every year, in hopes that my boys will feel pleased with themselves and their efforts. I can breath easy for a while. I aslo didn't care for the way some men are competative with each other--lame, lame.


The next night, we went to Matthew's Kindergarten Winter musical. I thought my zoom lens would provide enough light, but its not that great here. He had some cute smiles, and we got him waving at us on video.








what a cute boy:)