AWANA -- Pinewood Derby night

The AWANA program the kids have been in for a couple of years now ended two weeks ago. The final event of the year was a pinewood derby and hotdog/nacho dinner!

Since we are vegetarians (and flexitarians), we made our own version of hotdogs. Thanks to my bff Chrysinda for the idea! :)

My flexitarian hotdog lover :)

He was clapping ALL night! He totally loved the atmosphere!

Loving the chips a little too much!

Oops, I guess he wasn't ready for a picture. Sorry, Babe!

Silly goofball! Pull those teeth already!!!

We didn't manage to get a picture of Jacob's race. Everyone was paired up with someone and they only did one heat each, so he was out after the first race since he got 2nd place. :( He had fun though, and he gets to keep his car! That's really all that matters.

Jayla won her first race and moved on to round 2! Fun! :)

Jonathan was out on the first round as well. :( We were hoping at least two of them would make it to round 2 this year. It seems like our kids NEVER win, but that's okay! Really! They have a blast....and they get to keep their cars, and that's all that matters to them! :)

Oh, hey! Look at that! Her 2nd win and on to round THREE! Now it's getting good!

Ouch! It got her knee that time. Oh, well, she won again. On to round 4! The excitement is growing fast!

Woohoo! This is so exciting! She won this one too and is down to the FINAL round, just her and one other car!

And here they go.......

SHE WON FIRST PLACE! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Not that Jayla really had a lot to do with it since they used some precut patterns and the only thing she did was decorated it with markers, but still, it was so fun to see one of my kids win first place for a change! It just usually doesn't happen! This is Jayla's very first trophy EVER, and, in fact, the first trophy among all of our kids! And she had to beat out 25 other racers to get it! The boys weren't really jealous either, so that's great! They got their own little plastic party favor-type trophy, and they got to keep their cars! :) So everyone was happy! Oh, and we got free food (except for the things we brought), so we were all winners!

Jack-Jack kept trying to walk to the mud puddle that was right in front of him. It was too tempting! Jonathan was trying to hold him back and kept laughing at him.