Thank goodness for Dads! Our mutual group just had a combined activity, and the boys were in-charge. They chose to have a pinewood derby with the girls. They purchased a car for everyone and decided that there were no rules. Whatever they wanted to do to their cars was fare game! Our girls usual requests for Adam around here are: helping put in (or get out) an elastic from a barbies hair, repairing a broken barbie or loving family toy, and sometimes even painting fingernails! When Kourtney asked her dad for some help in building a car his eyes lit up and Adam had no complaints! This was a new experience around our house! Adam and Kourtney worked over a few days getting her car ready for the race. It was quite funny when Adam walked in the house with a sack full of objects. I asked him what they were and he proceeded to explain as he pulled out weights, graphite, lead, washers, and a few other thing. He was totally getting into this! By the time they were done, the car weighed about 3 lbs. Another dad must have had the same idea when it came to assembly time. Kourtney's and another girl's car were within 2 ounces of each other. If the rules had been mandatory it could not have weighed over 5 ounces. 5 oz. and 3 lbs. is a huge difference! After all the races were complete, Kourtney's car came in 6th out of 23 other cars. She was pretty excited! I was so glad that Adam and Kourtney were able to do a fun project together. If I had been the one to help her, I am afraid to think of what the outcome would have been! Yikes! ;) Some things are better left for the dads!
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