Pinewood Derby 2010

Alex had his first Pinewood Derby through Cub Scouts last weekend! Nick and Alex had worked hard on creating "The Flaming Arrowhead" (the car's name).















Here's their finished product. (Nick had to restrain himself a number of times from really tricking the car out--it's supposed to be done by the boys!)

Here are all the cars in their pack--it was a loooong morning of racing! :)

Here is Alex's first heat. (The Flaming Arrowhead is in the far right track.) I couldn't believe that they had electronic starts and even an electric eye that timed the cars. Very high tech.

Here's how long the track is...

...and they're off! As you can see, our Flaming Arrowhead didn't do so well in it's first heat...but we all had fun. And Nick, uh, I mean Alex is already planning for next year's car!

Christmas 2010

OK, I think we can all agree that the boys look ADORABLE in their matching Christmas PJs! Here they are setting out the cookies, carrots and milk for Santa (you can sort of see the plate on the table behind them)
















Here is Alex amid all the presents that Santa brought--right before they were torn to bits, of course! (P.S. Please notice that the Santa gifts all actually have Santa printed on the paper and each boy had his own wrapping paper. No one else notices these things so I feel compelled to call attention to them myself! :) )


















Santa, knowing Andrew's affinity for all things Star Wars and especially Vader, brought Andrew a Darth Vader dress up costume. He wore this much of the rest of the morning and afternoon. Until Nana brought him a Buzz Lightyear dress up costume. Then he was Buzz the rest of the day.







































Alex was adorable and didn't seem to really care what he was getting just so he was opening a gift! He loves the excitement of any celebration.




















For reasons I have yet to fully understand the one thing he expressly mentioned in his letter to Santa was "a really big candy cane." Who was I...um, I mean Santa...to deny him?! (As a side note, he sucked on this for about 10 minutes and then declared "This is just too much candy" and was done for the day!)



















Nana and Grandpa Bob stopped by later in the afternoon and we feasted on standing rib roast (YUM!) and various other delectables. What a great Christmas day!!!