Courage's Scouting Day

Saturday was a big day for Courage in the world of scouting.
He qualified in the district pinewood derby race because he placed 1st in our local troop race. He was so excited to go and was looking forward to it for about a month.
When we got to the district race, I was floored by how seriously some people believed the race to be. Many people were all business.

And, then there was my family...

Courage was running all over the place acting like his goofy self just giddy with excitement. Hope and Justice were a bit under the weather, so they were actually pretty behaved. David was just taking in the sights and sounds, Faith was a growth on my hip (as usual), and I was just overwhelmed from the smell of delicious nachos. That was really all I cared about...Food.
We waited in line to check into the race for about 40 minutes and entertained by the super serious, super freak derby racers.
Then off to the races! Courage followed all the scouts over to his section of the bleachers in the gym where the races were held. I took my family to quite possibly the best spot in the gym with the best view.

The races started.

There were 45 little Wolf scouts racing. Race after race Courage won. David and I took notice and that was all it took for us to get totally into it. To be honest, we didn't think he would do as well as he was doing. But, he just kept winning! You could just see in his face the pride and elation from every win. But, he was trying really hard to act like it was no big deal.
But, then there was David and me... We both started getting nervous every time he would be called up to a race. I even chewed down all my finger nails!

The Final Round

Well, after about an hour and 15 minutes, the preliminary races were done. Then we waited for a while for the wins to be counted.
After that, we heard Courage's name called into the district finals. We were so happy for him and he was thrilled.
So, they raced some more. There were only 13 finalists. Courage won a few races, but mostly he came in second at the finals.  When all was said and done, Courage took 10th place in the whole district. So, counting all the kids that didn't even make it to the district races that would be a few hundred kids that Courage beat.

YAY for COURAGE!

We also noticed he was one of only 2 finalists that did not race a "wedge" shaped car. The top 6 winners were even wedges. We think the wedge shape might be the trick into winning.... So we have decided that next year's car will be a wedge painted to look cool.