Well, the boys and I have the cars ready for Saturday's race. In addition, we knocked a badge requirement of the list. One of their Bear requirements is to build a toolbox with common hand tools. Well, we have enough toolboxes around the house, including their own, so we decided to build carry cases for their cars using similar techniques to those required in the book. All parts were hand cut, glued and nailed together by the boys with my help (except for using the table saw to cut the lids off after making the boxes. I did that part.). We even topped them off with some silly sketches of the cars I did one night with them a few weeks back. The cars rest on felt-covered risers and are held down by foam placed on top before closing the lid. They have yet to apply a finish, but hopefully they will down the road.
This will be my second year as race coordinator and I think we have a pretty good event planned with Den races, a Pack championship race with the individual winners and runners up, plus if time permits, we plan on having a fun race for anyone who wants to participate. We have a small pack, so the fun race can add a lot to the evening. Otherwise, we would be done with the whole race in about an hour.
Here is a pic that I posted in another thread of this years cars for our family. They are Dad, Twin #1, Mom, and Twin #2; from left to right:
