Potato Derby

The Grandma activity for today was the Potato Derby at the ward - which consisted of making a pinewood derby car out of a potato and racing it, followed by a potato bar (great activity if you are on an activities committee) We headed to the church and I was hoping we would arrive just in time for the races. When we did arrive all the families were working on their potatoes - cutting utensils in hand, things to adorn their potato. Elizabeth wanted to be involved as you can tell from the above picture. I gave it the good old grandma try - there had to be certain clearance underneath, the wheels had to be a certain spread. I borrowed tools from a neighboring table and started in. When it came time to take your car to the table I was thinking Elizabeth wouldn't notice - but she did -we had to name it - "SARAHBELLE" was the great name she came up with. There were 8 heats of four - only the number one finisher went on. Some potatoes exploded on the track, some never made it out of the starting gate. We were in the second to last heat. Elizabeth and I held hands as the Sarahbelle potato took off. To our great surprise - IT CAME IN FIRST!!!! We then advanced to the second round. It came in second in the semi final heat but only the first place car advanced. WE WERE SO PROUD OF OURSELVES. Hey, next time someone needs help with a pinewood derby car - instead of asking grandpa - maybe you might just ask grandma instead!!