Ah, the night of pain that I look forward to every year. Kole and I spend about 10 hours total on the car. He draws a design or two or three on some paper. We talk about the design and then he decides on one. Then he draws the design on the wood and I cut it out while he watches. I use the orbital sander and this year he actually tried to run it but got scared when he snagged his fingers a few times. So I finished the rough stuff and he used the finer grain sand paper to finish it off. He picks the paint colors and then paints it. I take about 5 minutes to attach the wheels and that is it. We had fun this year. I don't like how the dads in our ward are so very serious about winning. I would take a very different approach if I was in charge. Each dad would never touch the car. Only the cub would touch the car while preparing for the race. And yes (heresy?) they would even attach their own wheels! On the flip side, you would provide a Dad's night out at the track so they could have an official race of their own. Maybe one night with official rules and one night with an open class. Ah, if only I were king for a day - or two.
