Racers…Start Your Engines!
The Awana Grand Prix was held tonight at church (finally). We were flooded out two weeks ago and iced out last week and nearly snowed out this week, but we managed to hold the event. We entered two matchbox cars and two pinewod derby cars. The boys loved being able to finally hold their cars and play with them. S took first place in the preschool age group and I was impressed with the speed of his little red racer with wings. N had a traditional dragster which didn’t go so well. At least it looked cool.
The girls cars were right at the weight limit of 5.0 ounces and I really thought they would be fast. S took third in the early elementary group, but I honestly think there was a mistake in the timing or the adding because she never placed higher than 3rd in her heats. They assured me it was correct, though. I was told that the places were determined by the cumulative time of four runs. Whatever. A’s car looked nice, but wasn’t very fast.
One thing that I thought was neat was a comment that A made on the way home. “The homeshchool kids obeyed the teachers every time we were told to sit down or line up against the wall. The school kids didn’t”. It was true. The 6 or 7 girls that hang out together at Awana are all homeschooled and I don’t know if their good behavior is due to that fact or if it is just that they are a bunch of goodie-goodies, but I appreciated their obedience nonetheless.