LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos! Parenting Multiples and Dealing with Autism

Well, we figured out how to build the little car. Paul and Mallory spent a few hours together working on it (literally just a few hours – they started with a block of wood at 2 p.m. on Friday; registration and weigh-in was at 6:30 on Friday!) Mallory enjoyed painting it, too. Here they are with her finished car:

Mallory’s car did not do so hot in the race. I believe she came in 20th place, out of like…26 girls. So, at least she wasn’t dead last – but now we know some tips and tricks for next year. One of the engineers Paul knows from work was actually running the race – he’s the “keeper” of the track for the boy scouts, and Paul picked his brain as to what makes for a winning car. He gave Paul the enginerd explanation as to why you need to add weight to the car, and what to do with the axles, and all of that. I have a feeling next year, we’ll start working on that little car BEFORE race day.

Here are our cute girls with their cars – such a fun event!

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Mallory is in Girl Scouts this year, so … if you’re in need of Girl Scout cookies, PLEASE hit me up! Everyone I know seems to have a daughter in Girl Scouts, so I don’t know a whole lot of people who haven’t already bought cookies. But that isn’t what this post is about. It’s about the POWDER PUFF DERBY.

I saw the flyer for the Powder Puff Derby a few months ago and thought, fun! Mallory and Paul can decorate a little car together and race it with her troop – it’ll be a great activity for the two of them. They even have a sibling heat, so Pablo can race a car as well. So, I ordered two car “kits.” Imagine my surprise when I opened the boxes and discovered that it consisted of a block of wood, four nails, and four plastic wheels. Um…that’s it? What the hell do we do with these?

I actually found a site full of Derby Secrets and Tips – but the topics are more in the line of, “Make Your Own Reflective Windows from Old Credit Cards” and “How to Make Sure Axles are Straight.” I don’t see any articles titled, “How to Make a Little Car Out of a Piece of Nondescript Wood.” I have a feeling our cars are going to be the hoopties of this race!

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