SS Mario

Last night was Ben’s Raingutter Regatta. His boat wasn’t the top performing boat*, but his design was a big hit with the all of the kids at pack meeting. He took great care to get the sail just right. He even talked me into shelling out fifteen bucks for the big pack of Sharpies because he needed a skin-colored marker. I gave in partly because I’ve been coveting the 24 pack of Sharpies for a long time and partly because it was great to see Ben so excited about something involving art.

It was a fun night. I think Nate is a little sad that he only gets one chance to help do a raingutter regatta/space derby/pinewood derby. He came away with lots of ideas of how to make a faster/more stable/better performing boat and is aching to put all of that wisdom to use. He thinks that the Activity Days leaders should start doing derbies for the daddy-daughter parties. :)

*Ben and Nate both informed me that Ben’s boat got first place in the Bear Den. There were faster boats in the Wolves and Webelos. Silly me for not keeping track.