Awana Grand Prix

So, these things are for the kids, right?  No.  Not at all.  They gave us our kits months in advance...which we thought was odd.  Until Simon actually tried to start working on it a few weeks before the race.  And we realized we were in trouble.  The only part the kids can do or help with is the painting.  For real.  And you need tools and stuff to make these cars. We won't talk about what we ended up spending so we could buy equipment to make these silly cars.  But its an investment...all 3 kids will do this so we have years of Grand Prix races to 'look forward' to.

Early attempt...not going well

As you can see.

Just look at Caelin helping Dad on the car!  Oh wait.  She's just eating Halloween candy.

Desperate times call for desperate measures!  Cheyanne's nail grinder was sacrificed for the cause.

In the end we decided to try and preserve the nail grinder and ordered an official dremmel (?) to work on the next one.  This one was given to Connor.

The only part the kids can actually do.

Race day!  Caelin's is #7 on the left.  She named her car, "The Chet".  Connor's car is on the right.  He named it, "The Off Button".  Yep.  No idea.  But he named it.

Race time!

Watching their cars finish!

Caelin ended up placing 7th overall at the end of the day.  Not bad.  Not bad at all.