Just Jack!

It has been a busy few months for Jack.  He had pinewood derby in January.  Tyler is still excited about his success last year, so he was ready to help make another winning car.  Jack wanted to make his car look like our dog Charlie.  Jack took 3rd place in our ward, and tied for 3rd overall.  We were racing with two other wards (packs).  He qualified for district which will be in April.  Here are some pictures of his awesome car.

This is pre-race.  Jack is a little nervous.

Our pinewood derby is serious business!

 A winner!

In February, Jack had to turn in his Lewis and Clark project.  Jack had several options, but he always chooses the most involved project on the list.  He chose to make clothing worn by trappers.  He had elaborate plans which required me to use a sewing machine.  He would not believe me when I told him that I could not sew him an entire outfit.  He kept "explaining" it to me.  "Mom, just cut it then put it together and sew it like this."  Finally I looked online at picture of trappers and mountain men. We decided on him wearing jeans and shirt that he already had with a belt around his waist.  We would make fur wraps for his legs, a bag for goods, and some cool necklaces with arrow heads, bear claws, etc.  We sewed the bag from scratch!  We really screwed up the first one, but the second one was not so bad.  This was Jack's project, not mine, so he actually did most of the sewing.  We just wrapped "fur" trim around his legs and tied it on with leather straps.  We already had the necklaces from other projects.  We also already had the 'coon hat.  He looked really cute!

Finally, Jack has had to recent accomplishments that he is very proud of.  He graduated from his skiing class and did awesome!  He also just tried out for the school play about Lewis and Clark.  He had to memorize a paragraph and sing a short song.  He practice it for several days.  I was shocked at how easily he was able to memorized the part.  I was not shocked when he chose to sing the song, "Oh Tom the Toad".  If you are not familiar with this classic, it is sung to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree".  The words are:  Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad.  Why did you hop upon the road?  You were my friend, but now your dead, with tire tracks upon your head.  Oh Tom the Toad, oh Tom the Toad.  Why did you hop upon the road?  Gotta love cub scouts!  It actually was a really good show of his voice and he was really confident when he sang it.  He was excited to find out yesterday that he got a part.  He is going to be York.

From Wikipedia: "In 1804, Clark took his slave York when he joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition. York was a large, strong man who shared the duties and risks of the expedition,^[6] and was the only African American slave member of the Expedition."