AWANA Grand Prix

The kids have been SO excited ALL year about doing the AWANA Gran Prix. This was Matthew's first year in club, therefore his first year doing a car. Evelyn was excited to do another one after the fun she had last year. Doug.. well, I think he was excited about doing cars with both the kids, but also was a bit curious how it would go managing both of them in the shop yet making sure they did as much of the car themselves! But, in the end it was a VERY fun time for the kids to spend with their dad making really cool cars.

Here's a photo diary of the car making experience!

Safely goggles on!

Doug did such a great job keeping thing organized and on track, as well as making sure each on the kids got equal time on their cars.

One of the rules/goals of the Gran Prix is that the kids do as much of the work as possible. Doug had the kids doing just that, using all the tools (with assistance if needed) he would use to make the cars.

Evelyn decided to do a Laura Ingalls Wilder inspired covered wagon.. and it turned out so cute!

Matthew, not surprisingly, decided to do a LarryBoy Mobile. It also turned out well, although was more complicated than we thought it was going to be!

So.. the dome for the car? Well... let's just say that it ended up costing us almost TEN dollars for that silly piece of plastic!!

Last Saturday was the day of the big race! The kids were SO excited they could hardly wait to get down to the church!!

Getting inspected... the cars have to be a certain height/weight and meet other requirements. 

The final products...so awesome (but I am a bit bias...heehee)!

Commander Stone going over the plans for the day!

The main goal... getting across this line FIRST! Actually, the main goal is to have FUN.. but winning a race is cool, too! :)

Grandma and Grandpa Doug came out to support the kids... so special to have them there!

Matthew getting so excited to watch his car race for the VERY first time! Both kids' cars did VERY well!! Evelyn won one of her races and placed second in the other two! Matthew placed second and third in all his races. They both were very proud of how well their cars did.. as was I!

A good shot of the whole track...

I love these two monkeys!

All the participating cars ready to be judged.

So... each kid who participates get a ribbon, but they award trophies in two classes.. Design and Speed. Well... guess what kids got second and third place in the Design Class? My two!! 

Matthew was so excited but also nervous and shy, so Doug went up with him. So cute!

Evelyn was not shy at all!! Went right up and smiled proudly! 

Our two award winners!! 

It was a big undertaking to do both these cars, but my amazing husband worked hard and with lots of love and patience made this such great experience for the kids!