The Daisies/Girl Scouts had a Pinewood Derby for the girls. Lexi was so excited for this. She really wasn't in it to win she just wanted to make a cute car and paint it. Which meant Mommy had to get help since you start with a block of wood and 4 wheels, LOL. I am not a carpenter. The day of the derby Lexi wasn't feeling that great. She had been sick the night before with a temp of 102. She was told if she kept the fever away Saturday until the derby she could go, which she managed to do thank goodness because she had worked so hard on her car. We had a skating party at 1pm then the derby at 5:30pm, which means no rest for the Peanut and she started to feel crappy as the derby was starting. She did manage to make it through it but went right home to bed afterwards. We got to the derby and weighed her car (they couldn't be over a certain weight) and graphited the wheels (so they would roll better). Then put it on the lineup. Once it was on the lineup you couldn't touch it. 1st the girls all got 2 pennies and had to drop a penny into the cup sitting next to the car that they liked best for "best of show". They were told that they could put one in their own and then one in another one:) Then they did several races and it was super fun to watch all the different cars. Lexi laughed because her car was last in the first heat :) Some of these people really get into making the car race and not for cuteness, so we saw all different kinds. At the end of the race they gave out trophies for 1st through 3rd place. Then came the "best of show" award. We look up and they have Lexi's in their hand. She was sitting on my lap and turned to me and said "Mom I can't believe it because mine wasn't the cutest one up there". I told her that all the other girls must have loved hers and she just smiled from ear to ear. She went up to get her trophy and tears came to my eyes to see how proud she was of that. Such a memorable day for both of us.
just got the shape cut
Lexi has it painted pink and ready to go
Mommy had to help with the button painting :) Although I came home after this was done and Lexi had decided to paint her name in red down the side of it. We had to use pink to fix it, LOL.
ready to race. I loved the hotdog next to her :)
Olivia, Emma, Ava, & Lexi waiting for the race to start. All of their cars were cute!!
"Best of Show" trophy. (after a long day you can tell she is starting to not feel well again:( But she still smiled from ear to ear)
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