We had the Awana Grand Prix on Wednesday night, which involved the girls creating race cars. When it comes to special projects, our philosophy is to let the girls complete it as independently as possible. Needless to say, their cars looked much like the block of wood we were provided, with the 4 wheels from the kit hammered into the little notches on the side of the block of wood. Of course they painted them and added lots of glitter. The only part with which they wanted our help was to help make their names in glue so they could add the appropriate glitter.
When we arrived at Awana, we were a little shocked to find a "weigh in" station, and discovered that Lia's car was .4 pounds too heavy. The judges helped us out by drilling some holes in it so that we could race at the proper weight.
The races then began, racing 3 cars at a time for what seemed like 10 trials each. Our cars didn't even cross the finish line because we apparently didn't properly apply graphite to our wheels so that they would keep spinning all the way down the track. Oh well, we left our mark with lots of glitter all over the track, and the girls were proud of their ribbons.
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