Well, Jacob's first Pinewood Derby was kind of a flop. We were all geared up and excited, until his car started to race...it lost every.single.race. It quickly turned from an exciting and happy experience to a sad and knot-in-the-stomach kind. Trevor & I felt so horrible for him. After video taping the first few races, I decided it was better to put my camera away! Not only was he losing, but he was losing by ALOT. It was very sad and heart-breaking.
Jacob wasn't so excited about all the losing at first. We discovered that the wheels had been attached incorrectly and it was slowing his car down once it came off the ramp. He came and talked to Trevor and I'm not sure what was said, but he went back to the front to watch the races and the next thing I knew, his attitude toward losing turned 360 degrees.
I had so many people come up to me and tell me how impressed they were with Jacob's happy attitude even though he was not winning any races. I couldn't have been more proud of him if he had won all the races.
Near the end, with a little secret "help" by a loving and wonderful person, his car was able to win a few races. I think every single person in that room was just as excited for Jacob finally winning a race as I was. When he won, I heard the biggest cheer of the entire night. All the other boys were so compassionate to him and were so happy that he actually got to win. It was such a nice feeling.
I may or may not have gotten choked up.
As soon as Jacob found out that everyone was going to leave with a trophy, he was all smiles.
We learned such a great lesson from him tonight and we are SO proud of him! We also learned what NOT to do next year with his car so this doesn't happen again!!
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