Recycled Regatta

At the beginning of this year,

I was asked to be an activity leader for the boys ages 9-11 in our ward.

The Church doesn't have cub scout troops anymore,

but we still have all of the pinewood derby and raingutter regatta gear

from days of yore . . .

. . . so the activity leaders in our ward decided to hold a raingutter regatta later this month.

Instead of buying the usual wooden boat kits,

we thought it would be fun to have the kids make customized watercraft

out of recycled materials . . .

. . . and lots of hot glue.

Some of their initial prototypes didn't turn out very well.

For example, Todd's round-hulled boat kept tipping over . . .

. . . so he tried making a flat-bottomed barge instead.

It performed very well in its aquatic test drive.

Uh oh! Traffic jam!

Having concluded that his second vessel was seaworthy,

Todd christened it "The Nut" (a reference to our hyperactive parakeet)

and decorated it with drawings of Cici's face.

Because Todd thinks Cici makes everything more fun!