Saturday morning comes and we're ready to roll! Keith is helping put the cars on the track and I'm taking pictures and talking with Kaden's assistant den leader. It's weird as the kids are not super excited and there is not much cheering and such going on. I think that needs to change for next year. Salem and Kaden were sitting at the end of the track watching all the races, so I knew they were into it. When they got through all the main races they posted the top 3 from each den. I looked over and was surprised to see made the top 3 in his den! Then I noticed he got 1st place in his den!!! Holy cow, total shock to me!! It's tough when they race against everyone in the pack so you're not sure exactly where they lie in their den. They raced once in each of 4 lanes and the computer averaged the times to get the fastest. Go Kaden!!! He was SUPER excited to get 1st!!
Now it was pack racing time! The 1st place from each den raced to get the placing and the top 3 would go onto district. We all knew who would be 1st place as this kid took it last year and again this year his car is SUPER fast. I mean it blows everyone out of the water! So 2nd through 4th place was up for grabs. The races went quick and at the end Keith knew who had placed where since he was up by the computer. I told him not to tell me I'd wait for the cubmaster to make the announcement. He did say it was REALLY close, which made me even more nervous. Not sure if it meant he was close to making it or almost not making it.Kaden took 3rd place in the pack!!!! YEAH!! He couldn't have looked any more happier when he realized he was going to districts! And when Keith said it was close, it sure was! Kaden beat out the 4th place scout by .0009! Yeah a pretty much unmeasurable amount! So crazy!
Kaden was like all the other kids dreaming of taking 1st place and then going to districts, I think more so because he saw Salem go a few years ago. And like all the parents we tried not letting the kid get their hopes up too much because there are always good cars! But man we were all so happy when his "dream" came true!!
I can't mention the derby this year without mentioning the scandal, growl! At home Friday night Keith says he thinks a certain car was brought back from last year. I get all ticked because of the person who did this (a leader) and how unscout like it is! So I call the derby coordinator and the cubmaster. We're 99% sure it's the same car, so we decide to approach this person in the morning and give them a chance to remove the car from placing. But come morning it is decided to let the person run, even though no one thinks they should. The only reason we let this certain person race is because it was not written in black and white that the car must be new each year. That will certainly be changed for next year! We find it funny for the past few years this kids car has not placed, except last year he took 2nd and his car shows up again. This year he also ended up taking 2nd place. Can't wait to see this persons face when we talk about rule changes and this new one is mentioned! The other interesting part is the scout was "bragging" last night he was using the same car. The assistant leader and I were talking at the derby and she asked me what if someone brought back a previously used car. She tried playing dumb, but it soon came out she and I knew exactly what was going on and we both were quite ticked! Oh and then the scouts dad had the nerve to complain afterwards about how the rules were as far as which cars went to districts. It's been the same rules for the past 5 years, they've been racing for 3, so they know the rules, they were given the rules in writing. He complained the same thing last year. And the thing is his son wouldn't have made it to districts either year no matter how we placed them. So yeah, dumb parents!!
Anyway besides that the derby was awesome! Salem didn't go to his Arrow of Light ceremony (not required) because he wanted to watch the derby. Kaden did an awesome job! Back at home the car went into the box to store until districts on April 25th!
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