Kolton's first pack meeting he had as a cub scout was the Pinewood Derby. The first cub scout activity he went to he was given his car so he could take it home and design it and then bring it back the next week to cut it out. Kolton decided he wanted to make his as fast as he could and Brady gladly jumped aboard. They researched and found that a slim design was the fastest design so that is what they did. He then painted it black so he could add some finishing touches to it later.
One night for basketball (January 21st) the guys were short one guy so they asked Kolton if he wanted to play. He was ecstatic. He was a little timid at first but once he got comfortable he got in a groove and did awesome. His teammates were awesome too and passed him the ball a lot and got him involved a lot so that was nice. He ended up making 5 baskets, one of which was the game winning shot. He was on cloud nine!
January 23rd he worked on his car again. He painted neon green flames on his car. He did a great job and his car looked super cool!
We also got our curtains hung up in the living room finally that day. My mom had bought them for us while she was here for Kolton's birthday and baptism but we never got them up. They are up now, though! And I love them! I need to get a set of curtains for the dining area to match/complement but you know I'm so bad at going and getting things like that done! Haha. I forgot that we'd need hooks for the curtains too so they are actually just being held to the side with hair ties just so I could get a feel for the look. (I now have hooks for them haha)
We frequently squish all four of us on the loveseat. haha. Poor Bentley, though was sick with a bad cold and passed out a couple minutes after we took this picture. One night I seriously was up all night with him coughing. It was bad. His poor lungs just do not do well with any sort of inflammation in them.
More sick baby/sleepy baby pictures.
The pinewood derby was legit and very official. The boys didn't even get to put their cars on the track...the people running the race did. That was kind of a bummer but the kids loved watching it. The track had a digital timer on there that would show the times of each of the cars once they crossed the finish line so you'd know who won each round. They had every car race every lane of the track and then whoever had the best average time won.
Kolton ended up getting FIRST PLACE!! It was crazy!! He named his car "Sweeet Ride" and was so ecstatic! I told him not to expect to get first place every year and to enjoy it this year because it most likely will not happen again. Haha.
My Dad happened to be in town so he got to come to the Pinewood Derby race so that was cool.
On the 30th of January we decided to head to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather. We happened to decide to go to the park right by Jaycee and Adam so we invited them to join us. We picked up Subway and McDonalds for lunch and had a little picnic and then let the kids play. We took them down to the little creek and let them throw and skip rocks. They had a blast. Brady had to show us his mad skills and jump the creek. That was awesome. He barely made it across but he did! Then he had to figure out how to get back over. Haha. It was fun. We had trouble getting a picture of all the boys together, though. Haha.
We ended the night with a Braums trip. :)
