Meet "The Chunk"

Here are pictures of the big Pinewood Derby day.  There were 175 cars to race.  Ben named his car “The Chunk” because when he sawed the block of wood big chunks of wood came out.  He raced four times and got 2^nd, 2^nd, 3^rd and 3^rd.  He got a front row seat at the finish line and was very proud of the turn out.  His guess was that he would get 4^th every race.  That is our fault, not a natural lack of self-confidence on his part.

Sometimes Brian and I forget that he’s turning seven years old in a few weeks and totally knows exactly what we are saying.  I suppose without thinking about it, we talked down his car a lot to each other, even though we only said supportive things directly to him.  We just kept focusing on the lack of good work space, tools and time.  Poor guy, I feel bad for making him so deflated going into the race. He was so proud of his car. Another parenting lesson learned on this one.  Ben is an awesome kid.  He deserves the best, especially when he’s being only positive and totally excited about something.

One of my favorite cars was the Hershey Chocolate Bar.  Check out the picture.