Pinewood Derby

Last year, we had just moved here, so they let Eli reuse his first gold car. However, they use an old track here, and his car had a balance issue, so it went off the track sometimes. He didn't win any races and was a little sad.  (Maybe it's good to experience that so you can be empathetic?)  In any case, this year was different.  John and Eli worked hard and came up with a really fast "flying wedge."  He won a lot of individual races and took third overall.  But then I had to be sad for the boys who didn't win.

Our Syracuse ward had a fancy computerized system on a big screen to determine and display the winners.  This ward used the old fashioned method:
Good thing one of the dads is a math whiz!  Go, John!

They had some really cute car treats for refreshments.  We're getting to know people in the Elmira ward where Eli goes for scouts, and it has been a good thing for him.

Decmber 2020 - Merry Christmas!

I'm trying to catch up, so I won't write a lot. The videos from Christmas eve and morning will give a more complete picture of what ...