Pinewood Derby bound

It's almost that time of year again.

A couple of weeks ago, we picked up some supplies for this year's Pinewood Derby cars.

Yesterday, we headed to Home Depot to cut out our car designs.

Bearhug actually got into it and let the guy show him how to use the sanding tool.

Bitty supervised (with M&M's).

Cuddlebug wasn't as hands-on, but he did do some of the sanding and showed me his car when he finished.

Bitty decided he wanted in on the action (and he had a car too, even though he's not old enough for Cub Scouts yet we always buy him a block to make his own car along with his brothers). I wasn't about to let him try the power-sanding tools but he was content with the sandpaper, especially when he saw Bearhug using it.

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Pinewood Derby Pictures

Cuddlebug before the race



Bearhug and Cuddlebug being silly as they wait for the races to begin :)








Bearhug after the race



The award-winning cars :)

"Sportiest Car" by Bearhug





"Coolest Sponsored Car" by Cuddlebug (patterned after the actual NASCAR Gamestop car). It's a little hard to see in the picture, but that's Mario Kart on the front.




And of course we made a car for Little Bitty too :). He's into Baby Einstein again now, so we went with that (and of course included his favorite number and color also).







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Pinewood Derby

This weekend was our first Pinewood Derby. The boys had a great time making their cars (and we made one for Bitty too).

Bearhug's car won an award for the "Sportiest car" and Cuddlebug's car won "Coolest sponsored car" (his was the only one patterned after a real NASCAR car).

I am so proud of them for all the hard work, and also for showing good sportsmanship. They were a little disappointed at not winning overall but they did not get upset, and they took the time to congratulate their peers who won. Way to go boys!

Unfortunately, Little Bitty didn't do quite so well, dh had to take him out to the car because he became obsessed with wanting to touch the race track, push the buttoms, etc. which would have disrupted the race. I'm thankful to dh for doing that so I could stay and take pictures :).

After the race, we took them out to lunch and then home for an afternoon playing in the sprinklers, because it was a gorgeous day outside (over 80 degrees!).

Pictures to come as soon as get them uploaded :).





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Swim party

Photos from the end of summer Cub Scout swim party.

Bearhug and Cuddlebug *loved* the waterslide.




Little Bitty mostly stayed by the steps...


...he got brave toward the end and started jumping (onto the top step, that is) :)





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Cub Scouts, history, and a famous Aspie

Cuddlebug and Bearhug decided to give Scouts another try this year. It's been three weeks and it's going pretty well so far.

A couple of weeks ago the Scouts were asked to find information on two famous people to share at their den meeting. One of the people Cuddlebug looked up was the creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri. We learned that Tajiri has been diagnosed with Asperger's.

When I read that it made me smile because it totally makes sense. Dh and I have commented before on how the games seem to be such a good fit for kids on the spectrum. Hundreds of available Pokemon, categorized into different "types" (and subtypes), and each having its own stats across a range of different areas (attack, speed, defense, etc.). Endless fun for kids who love to categorize things and have a knack for remembering complex statistics. No wonder they are so good at the games ;).

Anyway, so I pointed it out to the boys and explained that Asperger's is a type of autism. They thought it was pretty cool to have something in common with the guy who created their favorite game ;).

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Pack meeting

Bearhug and Cuddlebug had Pack Meeting this past Wednesday. They have each completed three achievements, which means they each earned a progress bead toward their Wolf badge. We convinced Bearhug to go to Scouts that night so he could get his award.

You wouldn't know it from this picture, but it didn't exactly go well... Bearhug was so overstimulated I had to take him out, but we came back in long enough for him to get his award (and then had to take them both out). I missed Cuddlebug's award since I was out in the hallway, but he came up to help me with Bearhug's. Bitty actually managed to stay the longest in Scouts (and he is not even a Cub Scout yet) but only by a few minutes, ended up in the gym trying to keep all three of them in visual range... kind of exhausting! This was our first pack meeting, next time I'll know to take something for Bearhug to do and make arrangements ahead of time for him to go in just long enough to get his award.

Cross-posted at Everyday Photography.




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