Demo Derby Champion!

So although I'm still a little behind with blog posts, I am slowly but surely, going to catch up from this crazy busy summer!

Jeremy built his eighth derby car, and decided to run it for the first time in Scott County.  His decision paid off, because he WON first place!  We were all very proud of him, but no one was more proud than Cooper.  It was Cooper's very first derby, and he couldn't have had more fun.  The kid was on cloud nine the entire night.  I hired a babysitter for Izzy, got out of the Fair office early, and got to enjoy a little bit of the Fair for once with my little man :)  Although he had a really tough time sitting still and staying in his 'space,' his cheering for daddy was absolutely priceless!

The paint job... Cooper grabbed a brush and went Picasso on us :)

She looooved doing her handprints

Look at that concentration!

Can we say EXCITED!?!?

Cooper pulling the car into the garage one last time...

Not too crunched just yet!

Cooper got to be in the official Fair photo with the race sponsor

My two proud boys

"Great job, dad!  You won!!!"

The kids love comparing their heights to the height of the trophy...

The obnoxiously tall trophy has been relocated from the living floor/kitchen counter and now resides in Cooper's bedroom.  He couldn't be happier.

Jeremy had a great run, and the heat was actually a pretty quick one.  It felt as though it went from ten cars left to three in just a couple of minutes.  And he actually had enough of his car left to fix it up a bit and run it again.  Just tonight, he ran in Hutchinson and took 4th place.  Not a bad run :)

The final carnage, after the Hutch derby.  I think this car is spent.

Cooper reminded me about ten times tonight, "Mom, someday I'm going to have my OWN race car."  Hmmm... I wonder who's been talking to him about this...

Yes, buddy, like father, like son.  I'm sure your dad will not give up this hobby until you have a chance to build your very own car with him.