This is Jacob’s first year in Cub Scouts, so obviously it’s his first exposure to the Pinewood Derby. What a year to join Scouts! It’s the BSA’s 100th Anniversary, so this year’s PWD is actually being held at the Worcester DCU! There’s lots of other stuff to see, but we’re all excited to see how well our cars perform.
I have fond memories of my own PWD as a kid, but things have definitely changed since then.. it’s much more “high tech” than I remember, and the after-market for car parts, designs, tools, books, etc. is incredible. You can easily spend tons of money (and time!) getting your car built. Anyway, our Pack (Grafton 106) has a separate “Parents and Siblings” race too, so we decided to do cars for Rebecca, Amanda, and me. We did pretty much everything together (I handled all of the dangerous and/or very tricky stuff for them) and had a lot of fun both designing and building the cars. It’s been a very busy few weeks from start to finish! Weigh-in is tonight, and I hope we’ve kept all of them in the neighborhood of 5.0 ounces.
I underestimated the amount of time Amanda’s would take, though, so it’s not pictured above, and I’m not sure she’ll get to race it. But I don’t think she really cares, either – as long as she ends up with a “cool yellow car!” she’ll be happy. When I’m done with it, hopefully by Saturday, I’ll put a picture of it up here.
Jeez – 3 months since my last update. Very lame. It’s not for lack of content or activity, though – it’s just that we’ve been TOO active lately. My New Year’s Resolution is to post more often! We’ll see how that works out..
Anyway, here are some links to the Christmas Card for 2009 – choose whichever resolution you want:
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More posts are coming soon (really!)
Thanks to a suggestion by a friend of mine at work (thanks Cliff!) we all headed out to the 20th Annual Upton Police Fishing Derby today. It was at Pratt Pond in Upton, and we were amazed at the amount of people who showed up! We were there early, and got a pretty good spot.
Jacob caught a nice perch early on, and almost placed with it (he was a 1/2″ short). Rebecca caught a catfish, and that was just shy too. But Jacob got his wish of not only a “first bass”, but also a trophy bass! All-in-all, we had a great day, met some really nice folks, and found out about a local bait-and-tackle shop that I’ll be visiting often for minnows. For what it’s worth, I think Rebecca would have gotten a trophy on the first fish she caught, which was a decent sized Bluegill, but I didn’t realize that there was a category for it, and threw it back – ah well!
Images from our day of fishing in Upton on June 6, 2009. Jacob came away with a trophy!
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We took the opportunity to go fishing today. It was a gorgeous spring day, and the older two had been bugging me for weeks to get some line wet, so we got some nightcrawlers and headed to a local lake. Everyone got their share of bluegills, but we were all surprised when Rebecca hooked into a largemouth! It was small enough not to give her any trouble reeling it in on her ultralight gear, but it definitely fought more than the other fish she’d caught earlier.
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Here are the pictures from our 2008 Summer vacation. We went to a whole bunch of different amusement parks, from New Jersey to Virginia, with historical trips snuck in too!
Pictures from our nice 2008 summer vacation. Boston --> New York --> New Jersey --> Baltimore --> Washington --> Philadelphia --> Virginia!
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This is Jacob’s first year in Cub Scouts, so obviously it’s his first exposure to the Pinewood Derby. What a year to join Scouts! It’s the BSA’s 100th Anniversary, so this year’s PWD is actually being held at the Worcester DCU! There’s lots of other stuff to see, but we’re all excited to see how well our cars perform.
