Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Pinewood Derby Car 2007 Season


Here is Christopher's entry for the 2007 Pinewood Derby at RAF Alconbury.
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Pinewood Derby Weigh In


Christopher's car comes right in at 5 ounces....now how will it run down the track?
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Pinewood Derby Semi Finals


Christopher watches on with his Den to see who the front runners will be to advance to the next round.
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Christopher Advances to the Finals


The top two finishers from each Den advance to the final round for the overall Pinewood Derby Champion.
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And the Winner is.....



Christopher wins a nice trophy and a lego car. He was speechless when given the opportunity to speak...he just kept looking at the trophy.
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The Winner!!


Christopher amazingly wins the Pinewood Derby, beating second place by only 1.1 mph over 4 races. He competed against 38 other cars at RAF Alconbury.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Christopher's Ski Experience

We went to Austria on MLK weekend this January for an alpine ski adventure. For the most part there was snow on the slopes, but as these photos will reveal, there were plenty of bare spots as well. Christopher starts his lessons by learning how to latch into his skis.
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Hallstatt, Austria

We stayed at the picturesque town in the background on our weekend in Austria.
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He's Having Fun, But is He Learning Anything?

I guess our "takeaway" from this day was that Christopher discovered that he does like skiing, and I discovered that I may not be the best teacher in the world.
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Ski Lift

This slick "escalator-like" lift carried us to the top of the "bunny slope".
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On The Ground

One of the many times Christopher ends up on his "can".
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Monday, January 08, 2007