PINE WOOD DERBY!!!

Matthew had his Pine Wood Derby on the 16th! He was so excited to go this year! Matthew told Robert that he wanted a truck this year so Robert helped build him a truck. We thought it would be cool for the truck to have something in the back but we had nothing. Our neighbor came over one night and Matthew showed his truck to him and told him that we were still looking for a fouwheeler or a motorcycle to put in the back of it and when our neighbor went home he found this little blue fourwheeler. It worked perfect!! Here is Matthew before the race.

This is the end of the track.


This is the begining of the track. Our Cub Scout Master found this guy that will come down and set up his track for 50 dollars. He sets it up and does the race for the boys. He gets them all excited and tells them all the rules. This track was AWESOME!!! It was all computerized and timed the cars by the thousandth of a second. The computer keeps tracks of all the cars and times and at the end the guy prints out a sheet for all the boys so they know how fast their car went every race. Matthew won every race except he came in 2nd twice. Once was are fault though. The guy said that sometimes the cars will go faster backwards so we tried it once and that is when he got 2nd once. He would of got 1st though.

After the race the guy hooks these cool loops on and lets the cars race for fun. Matthew truck is obivously the red one.

Matthew also received his Wolf badge! We are so proud of him and he LOVES scouts!

After all the races the computer comes up with the fastest car and guess who it was?

MATTHEW!!!! He won first place and he was so excited. He could not quit smiling and he has been telling everyone. He was on cloud nine forever!

Matthew's 4x4 truck!!!

MATTHEW BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!

Matthew turned 9 on March 6th. He had a birthday party and had a blast. We ate pizza, opened presents, played musical chairs, and then we made teams of two and they ran to a chair and had to sit on a balloon and pop it. Then we came and ate doughnuts and played the wii. I was crazy to have 7 boys running around. They are very loud and outgoing kids, but it was fun!!!

SCHOOL PICTURES

The kids had their pictures done with their whole class and then if we wanted to we could buy the package deals for their individual photos. I think I packages started out at $22 so I decided to take a few pictures myself. These are not the best but they will do for now.

Brianna 6

Matthew 8

BASKETBALL!!!

Brianna and Matthew played basketball again this year and they were on the same team. They had a lot of fun! Here is Brianna running!

Matthew with the ball!

The Jersey's are white or green. They did a really good job playing this year. Next year Dyllon will get to play. Brianna and Dyllon will probably be on the same team since the teams a are K-2 grade. In 3rd grade they go to either all boys teams or all girls teams.

Pictures, and Funny story.

Matthew had Blue and Gold Banquent and we had to make a cake. I baked it and he did most of the frosting with a little of my help. I am so proud of him, he is loving scouts and he is dong pretty good. He will be earning his Wolf badge next pack meeting which is March 16th. This month is Pine Wood Derby so he is way excited. Him and Robert are doing a truck this year.

Matthew got his remote Helicopter from Santa this year. He loves it and does pretty well with it.

Brianna got a table that she can draw on with dry erase marker. It came with two chairs so her and Dyllon are usually in her room drawing. She loves to draw, color, read, and make up stories.

Dyllon got a play tent with a tube to crawl through. A big hit for a few days but got destroyed fast. This little boy is a trouble maker, but I love him so much.

Robert and I refinished our piano. I LOVE it. Matthew is taking lessons and he is doing pretty good. The teacher only had room for one student so Brianna will start when she has another opening.

So the funny story is that today Dyllon and I was at a convienent store buying a treat. A older man was checking us out and Dyllon starting talking to him. He said that he had an older brother. The man aked how old and Dyllon said "Matthew is 8, Brianna is 6, and my mom is 32." I just laughed. They guy said well how old are you?, He said 4. Then the guy said actually your mom is only 26. It was pretty funny. Kids say the darndest things.