Pinewood Derby

Walker was so excited when he got his Pinewood Derby kit. He begged to work on his car everyday. Lucky for him (and me), PopPop came to visit that weekend. PopPop was an Eagle Scout and had put together many Pinewood Derby cars in his day! He helped Walker whittle and sand the car. After he left, Walker and I continued to work on it, but ended up having to send it back to PopPop to put the weights in the car. Walker and I went through several different paint jobs, and finally ended up with a silver car with blue stripe. We had several mishaps along the way, but ended up with a nice little car.

Waiting on the race to start...

Winners

The race was so much fun!! Walker's car actually came in 3rd place! It also won 3rd place in "Show & Shine!" So Walker ended up with 2 trophies!

On the way home, Walker started talking about what he wanted to do with his car for next year!

New Glasses

We realized in January that Walker seemed to be having trouble seeing. He couldn't read the screen at church, and he often stood right infront of the TV. So we finally got an approintment in February. During the exam I asked if he really needed glasses, and the opthamologist laughed. He could barely read the 20/40 line! Needless to say, Walker was thrilled when he put his glasses on for the 1st time! He said "It's so much clearer" and smiled the whole way home!! He even wanted to wear them for his soccer game that night. (And he made 2 goals!) I think he looks precious!