The Young and the Restless

Pinewood Derby

Maddox's first pinewood derby was a bit of a disaster. Lots of time and money spent on making the perfect car. He had high expectations and his hopes were dashed when he came in like 20th place. The point of the pinewood derby is being able to spend time together with your dad or mom making it, but if you ask any scout, they will tell you the point is to win. There were lots of tears shed. Last year Jason gave Maddox the option to skip the derby and go to the Monster Truck Jam instead. It was a good choice. This year will be the last pinewood derby since we won't be doing scouts anymore, so we decided to give it one last chance. They spent a few hours one evening making the car and went in with low expectations. Much to our surprise, Maddox's car came in 5th place and he was thrilled. Glad to end on such a good note!