Grand Prix

Rachel does a program at our church called AWANA.  When you're in third grade and up, you get to participate in the Grand Prix, which is basically a Pinewood Derby race like the Boy Scouts have.  So for the last month, she and her dad have been working on putting her car together.

I don't know if I've mentioned that her new school is a World Cultures school, and the third grade studies Japan.  So all year she has been learning about Japan.  She has her own kimono now to wear to school events, which she is particularly excited about.

So when it came time to design her car for the Grand Prix, she decided she wanted it to look like the Japanese flag.  Very plain and simple.  My husband tried talking her into something a little more exciting, but she was adamant that that's what she wanted.  

So today was the Grand Prix.  Yesterday I jokingly told her she should wear her kimono when she raced her car, to go with her car.  She thought it was a great idea and went with it.  I wasn't sure it would go over very well, but my husband said it was fine (I'm still sick, and it was during nap time, so I wasn't there).

She had fun.  Her car came in second in three heats and third in another heat.  She was happy with how she did, but I'm just happy that she enjoyed it.

So here are some pictures.....hers is the plain one that looks like the Japanese flag!