Pine Wood Derby...2014

Yesterday Jantzen was able to compete in his first Pine Wood Derby for Cub Scouts.  He chose a Minecraft Creeper theme for his car and he named it the "Creeper Mobile".  This is how it turned out...

   Jantzen helped Josh design the shape of the car and I helped with the painting part.  He thought it turned out pretty cool, he loved it!    Jantzen was so excited for the races to start.  For his first race down the track, he got 2nd place.  He got a few 1st place finishes, but mostly he got 2nd and 3rd's.          The final score for all the races put Jantzen 5th overall.  He was okay with that, even though he really wanted to win.       It turned out, after the races were all over, that one of the boys got disqualified for having the wheels on his car shaved.  This kid had originally gotten 2nd place overall, so that moved Jantzen up to 4th place overall.  He was happy with that and said he'll hopefully do better next year.   Here's a few pictures of Jantzen and Josh...             Even though he didn't win, Jantzen still had a fun time making his Pine Wood Derby car with Josh and I, and he also had fun at the races with his friends.  I'm happy he has such a good attitude about not winning.  It's more about having fun.