Let Boys Be Boys

I've had to appologize to Paxton, again. It won't be the first or the last. With Paxton's shoulder surgery I have had to be more of schedule nazi than ususal. I had a plan for getting Bryce's pinewood derby card done and Paxton was taking way longer than I had expected. Granted he was doing it mostly with one arm but it is hard for the kids to go to bed while he is grinding away in the garage late at night. Anyway, I knew he was proud of the car and was excited to show Bryce the end product. I was being mentally grouch (and really trying not to say anything to my credit) but I had a million other things that had to be done besides the car. When it was done Bryce loved it and was sure it was going to take first place. Durring the racing he got a little nervouse but had a blast. Then when it was all over and the winners were called, he wasn't one of them and I could watch his little, sweet heart break. He tried to turn away from the other boys so they wouldn't see him cry. Then the announced that there was one more award voted on by the boys themselves for Best in Show. And the winner was Bryce Quigley. I'm so glad I had my camera. The look of incredulity on his face was priceless. I could see every mom in the room breath a sigh of relief. They all know and love Bryce. As you can tell from the last picture,  he was a little more than excited. That night in his prayers he said that he was thankful for the first time in his life that he won something all by himself. That is when I looked at Paxton and appologized. Happy day.