awana grand prix

today molly participated in the awana grand prix at our church. we started with a block of wood and some wheels and had to design, cut, sand, and paint a car to race. matt helped her draw lines for cutting and then cut the car out. molly helped sand and of course painted the car (her favorite part). there was a parent race also, so we purchased a kit for sophie to help with.

 

 

when we got to the church this morning we did a trial run and neither car made to the finish line....doh! other dads to the rescue as they gave us graphite to put on the axles. a little bit of that made a big difference and the cars finally crossed the finish line. they weren't fast, but they finished!

molly's care started off strong, getting second place in the first heat, but then dropped into last for the remainder of heats. she may have had a few third place finishes but overall, her car was not a winner in the race department.

 

 molly's car is in the yellow lane in this picture.

 

sophie participated in the adult race and was so excited to watch her car go down the track.

 

unfortunately, the green monster was no match for the cheese car.

molly won second place for design, bringing her medal count up to 3! at this rate, we may run out of wall space to hang them. :) she loves, loves, loves getting medals!