March 27 [park and pinewood]

Friday morning brought news that the fences were finally being taken down at the new park in the neighborhood and that is was “officially” open for play.

Katie and Drew enjoyed exploring the two playgrounds before lunch and naptime.  It is such a beautiful park!

As soon as the big kids got home from school they were off to the park for the rest of the afternoon.  The park has something for everyone and I have no doubt we’ll spend countless hours there in the months/years to come.

The activity day girls in our ward (girls ages 8-11) were invited to participate in the Pinewood Derby this year.  When I told Justin he immediately declared he was out and that he had been grateful that Jason wouldn’t be eight in time to participate this year.  Which meant if Carly wanted to participate it was up to me to make that happen.  My running partner offered up her plethora of woodworking tools and the assistance of her handy husband.  When we met with them last Sunday and looked through ideas Carly quickly determined she wanted an evil minion car.  After shaping the car we had everything else we needed at home to turn her block of wood into this!

Before the races even began there were a few awards passed out based on the cars appearances.  Carly received the first award for being “Purple & Powerful”

That was the last award Carly won all evening as her car came in last in all three races it participated in.  No worries, she had a great time putting it together and we’re a little more prepared for the many races we will participate in in the future.