On This Sixteenth Day Of March, in the Year Of Our Lord Two Thousand and Seven (3/16/07.) Yes... It's True and it's finally here. We, (the kids and I) are all JAMMIN' OUT to some Twisted Sister and a little Gwen Stefani to get ourselves all JACKED UP!!!
That's the start of the slide
That's the end of the slide. Think David Lee Roth
It's gonna happen, and we shall all bare witness to it! It's the Pinewood Derby. Officialy kicking off this grand extravaganza at 1700 (5:30 pm) and we're all a little buzzed right now on Heavy Metal and Powerade!! Looking to see just who comes home with the gold.
This car, from it's inception is HAYDEN'S IDEA!! He chose the shape ( He told me how he wanted it to look, and after NUMEROUS drawings, I guess I got it right), I tried to let him carve it a little but he damn near lost a thumb. SO, off the Hobby Shop we went to let a professional Retired Marine do the dirty work. Then, he 100% chose the paint scheme, chose the number of his car. and even decided on the finishing touches, which were LEGO pieces, to add some flair. Brilliant, if you ask me!! I chose the Gold Rims, but he conccured with my decision.
This thing has been an ABSOLUTE BLAST to do!! I know what I'm up for though, as soon as we get there. There's gonna be all the bells and whistles and greased wheels and pissed off fathers and NASCAR themed cars and did I mention there will possibly be some pissed off fathers there? It's inevitable. I hope they all act their age and billet, as father, not asshole.
Anyway, Hayden is JACKED!! He can hardly contain himself. The kids had no school today, and so he's had ALL DAY to bug me about it. What's been harder is letting him NOT play with it. He has a jealous sister and even more jealous brother who are ALL looking to ruin his day.
We must have LITERALLY 75 different colors of Acrylic paint. And he chose Red, White, and Blue. Plus, he wanted a little gold. He realized that I got Gold Medals for coming in first for Bowling and he said he wanted his number 100 in GOLD!!! Dude is funny smart!! Will we win tonight? Who cares. We'll laugh and smile. That's all I'm really hoping to get out of this. If we come home with a little hardware... We won't complain. Shit, if we come home with hardware, Hayden is gonna be Shittin' in Tall Cotton tonight. He's got a Sleep-over Birthday party at the Neighbors House.
I hope he wins. More importantly, I hope he has fun!!!
Can't wait. Some days it's good to be me. And, I quote.. "You're the best, Dad!!" HA!! Beat that!! You couldn't bring me down if you tried!!
Later, Skaters!!!
1 comment:
love this post, read it twice! we can totally relate to EVERYTHING you say....the car, the dancing, the asshole fathers, getting the compliment from your kid....on and on, we get it!
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