Dino Car

Shelby participated in the AWANA Grand Prix on April 5th.  No doubt her car design would be a dinosaur.  And none other than her #1 fave, the Triceratops.  Since we have zero woodworking skills in this house, she requested the help of Ashley's boyfriend Erik.  Shelby told him what she wanted and he went to work.  He did a great job turning a rectangular block of wood into a triceratops.  She chose green and purple paint.

 When we went to AWANA on the Wednesday night before the race, she had to take her car to be weighed and measured.  Once it was approved, they wrapped the car in a paper towel and put it in a container.  The next time she could touch it was for her first heat on Friday night.  Here she is posing for a picture before she had to hand it over for safe keeping.

 Our church does a really good job at making Race Night a fun time for all.  The track is really cool and they have everything connected to the computer so it is digital.  Shelby's car # was 3.  It is kind of stressful because unless you have a race track sitting around, you have no idea how the car is going to race until it's first time down the track.  Each car races 4 times.  One race per color of the lanes on the track.  Shelby's car finished 1st once, 2nd twice, and 3rd once.  It finished each race and did good.

 Her car was not the fastest, but it did win 2nd place for design! She was so excited.  You may have heard her scream.  She loves her car so much, she chose to bring her car home instead of leave it on display in a case in the church hallway.  There were some really cool car designs.  As you can see from the above picture.  The car next to Shelby's is an ice cream cone, then a sub sandwich.

 Nonny Moe came to town to watch.  Ashley came too.  Fun times.  Thanks Erik for all your help!