Pinewood Derby

Aidan had his first Cub Scout Pinewood Derby on Saturday. Aidan designed and helped cut, paint, drill and polish a lot of the car. We had one maddening evening of searching for a missing axle 2 days before the race, and finally had to go to the Scout store to buy a replacement. Of course, the axle then showed up on Sunday night attached to the magnet on the back of a kitchen timer. So now we have extras for next year--which Thomas is already designing...

3rd place in the Tiger Den!

So his car goes on to a district race (yet to be determined)

First Haircut

Evan got his first haircut last Sunday, just a trim of the bangs.

Then we decided, it ended up making him look like a girl.

(I think it was just wispy enough to remind us of Marian's hair at this age). And I was afraid if we just cut more around the ears, it would end up looking like a mullett. So we made an appointment and got a full haircut yesterday.

He did very good, but would have done better if Brennan had kept the DVD player where Evan could see it. So he also got his first taste of a lollipop, just to keep him still. He recoiled, and then grabbed it to try it again!

Now that's a boy!

Loch Lown

So, in the space of a year, Mom and Dad's lake house has gone from this:

To this:

It is very close to being done! They are heading out to South Carolina in a few weeks to take a load of furniture and assorted stuff. Very excited to see a finished product! And exciting to see all that white stuff, too!

(In the spirit of Mom's family's mountain house, Braeburn (Scottish for 'hill' and 'stream'), they have decided to name the house Loch Lown: Scottish for 'lake' and 'calm, serene'). I don't know if it's going to be 2 words or run together into one. We'll have to see!