Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Race

Elton's car is on the left and Caleb's is the coffin car on the right.

Here are the majority of the cars by Pack 77 in the races this past Saturday.

Stan has been in charge of setting the cars up on the track and releasing them for each race.  He is always very detail oriented and focused on doing things right and so he is the perfect person for the task.  He is Caleb's Webelos leader.

Frank is the builder of the track the cars race on and is also one of the boy's 4-H leaders.  It is a beautiful track and I know that he has put a great amount of work into it.

Elton placed 2nd in the Bears.  This was his 3rd pinewood derby car.  You can always tell with our boys they did their own cars and I am alway more proud of their work being their own than on whether or not they win.

Caleb placed 3rd in the Webelos' races with his coffin car.  He was part of a large group and the car that one in his group was one that a boy bragged about using the same car in a previous year and about his grandpa doing all the work.  This was Caleb's last Pinewood derby race as he will be moving up to Boy Scouts in the next couple of months.

Grandpa and Grandma Bonnes were able to come watch the races and the boys had fun.  

Caleb - Age 11

So Caleb turned 11 this past October!  I cannot tell you how proud of him I am and what a fine young man he is growing into.  He is such an insightful, smart and responsible kid.  In fact, when I had my last parent teacher meeting with his teacher this year (he is in 5th grade), she shared something very special with me.  She told me how at times she would wonder if he was paying attention, but how then he would give her answers and explanations that totally amazed her.  She said that in her teaching career, she has only seen a few children with a comprehension level like his!

He continues to love to read, build Legos, build on Minecraft, Cub Scouts (he will become a Boy Scout in a few short months), and loves his dogs - especially Herman who is loyal and sleeps with him every night.

He is so good with his little brothers and last fall took the Supersitter class in hopes of getting to start to babysit.  It is hard to believe that in the fall he is going to be starting Middle school.