Raingutter Regatta

I was a Girl Scout and obviously not a Boy Scout, so cookie sales are way more my thing that Pinewood Derbies and Raingutter Regattas. But Bubby joined Cub Scouts this fall, so those things and more have joined our lives.

Bubby really enjoyed making his boat with Dad and working with all the tools in the basement.

In his first round, there was an odd number of Tiger cubs, so he raced one of the adult leaders.

Now the videos I had seen online showed the boys blowing their boats down the track without straws, so that's how I had him practice.

Well, apparently our pack uses straw power...so when they handed him the straw, he was clueless what he was supposed to do with it. But he won round 1 anyway!

So, he made it through to the semifinal round where he lost by just a little teeny bit.

So is anyone out there a Cub Scout mom? Any tips to share to make our racing even better next year?