Eh - just do pinewood derby with your daughter. My family likes to say, "I'm the son they never had" cause my dad did all sorts of "boy" stuff with me. I'm a better woman for it, though. ;)
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:56:04 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I spent the better part of 20 years in Scouting both as a Scout and a > Scoutmaster and always looked forward to spending time with my son in > scouting. > > I have a four year old daughter and my wife is currently 20 weeks along with > our second (and last child). Yesterday we had an ultrasound and IT'S A GIRL! > I always said it didn't matter and would be happy to have a healthy baby boy > or girl. > > However, reading the pinewood derby thread really drove home that I will not > being doing those things with a son that I have so looked forward to most of > my life. And it has hit a little harder than I thought. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > > My dad helped me with my first Pinewood car, and although he is not an > engineer, we still had a kickass car that killed everyone. We hollowed out > the front of the car and melted a bunch of lead into it. As a 8 or 10 year > old, I thought that was so damn clever. I still have the car around > somewhere.... > > At 10:37 AM 3/18/2005, you wrote: > >My first Pinewood Derby, my dad helped me. My car sucked. My second > >Pinewood Derby, I wouldn't let him help, and I won the local > >competition. At the regional comp, I came in second to the guy who came > >in second to me locally. > > > >I'm glad your car did so well. I just find it amusing that dads can be > >so different when it comes to engineering. :-) > > > >--Ben > > > >John Stanley wrote: > > > My sons pinewood derby was last night. It was our first derby, so I did > > > 99% > > > of the work on the car because he's only six and you know how that goes. > > > There were 23 cars in the race and we almost won the whole thing. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150871 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54