It all started when I got a call at 10:00 pm on July 2. We were sitting in the parking lot of the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The fireworks had just finished and we were waiting to leave. My brother starts telling me about cardboard boat races, math, formulas, and telling me he'll email me this thing. I'm like, what? My brother has a history of not really being a "math person" so I was a bit confused at first. I won't go into details here, but there are 2 formulas used to calculate how much the cardboard boat will sink when it's placed in the water with people in it. He wanted me to do the calculations for him. So I did.
And I had great fun! I made a spreadsheet and everything. I'm sure he thinks I'm even weirder than he thought. The truth is, I love doing stuff like that! Excel is my program for sure.
After putting in all that work, I told him he'd better not back out and that we were coming to watch. He said ok. So here are the pictures from that day. It was so much fun!
This is just a shot of the road we walked in on. It was a beautiful day. There were TONS of people there.
This is just a shot of the road we walked in on. It was a beautiful day. There were TONS of people there.
Here is my brother's cardboard boat:
It's the Delorean from Back to the Future. The races had an 80's theme this year.The back of the boat. Note the license plate. :) They also put dry ice down the pipe when the race started so that it looked like smoke was coming out of it!
Here is his friend, Casey, dressed up as Doc.
He also had another friend, Drew, help him. I don't have any pictures of him, which is unfortunate. He was a real sweetheart.Here is Matt. No pictures, please!
I got a few pictures of some of the other boats, too. This was from some Wal-Mart employees.
This was one of the other TV stations boats.
This was one of the other TV stations boats. (I have no idea which was which so I'm not labeling them.)
This one was just funny.
(it says "dead weight" on the side!)The parenting highlight of the day came when I turned around and saw what was keeping J4 so quiet.
AACCKK! So THIS is what it's like having a boy. My girls never would have done that. Nor would we have let them. But he was quiet and I figured, if you can't play in the dirt when you're a 1 year old boy, then when CAN you play in the dirt? Besides, after the races, we washed him off in the lake. He got a bath later at home.FINALLY, after waiting until the very last heat, they were allowed to race. Look at them go!
I'm sorry to say they didn't win anything. But it was great fun! My mother told me that Matt said it was the most fun he'd had in a long time. He plans to do it next year. We plan to be there!
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Just now reading this post and had to comment on James playing in the dirt. It really is quite normal for a boy, and despite the more frequent needs for baths, we do let our boys do it often. It seems like they walk outside and instantly are covered in dirt. We watched my little niece the other day, who loves to be outside, yet somehow stays so neat and clean. I've forgotten I guess what it's like to have a girl that age. :)
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