Pinewood Derby 2009

Colby was so sick last week. It started with a headache and a fever Sunday morning, so he missed church. Monday he still had the fever and by that evening he had a sore throat, stomach pains and diarrhea! I thought it might be strep throat, so Tuesday morning we headed to the pediatrician's office. It wasn't strep--just a crazy virus! He missed the entire week of school and his fever finally broke on Friday. He was so tired and weak from not eating very much and from just being sick, that he stayed home Friday too. I got all of his homework but he really didn't feel up to doing it until Saturday. We felt really bad for him! He's been so healthy all year and then BOOM...a whole week of the flu.

Anyway, Thursday night was the Pinewood derby and we went with hopes that Colby would feel okay and win some races. Colby didn't look like he was having fun at all--it was sad! He did four races and we went home so he could go to bed. His car wasn't as fast this year and because he didn't get to race as many boys he lost against both of his competitors. That made me feel bad for him too! You just hope as a mom that they'll win at least one or two! He was a good sport about it though and we got his certificate and called it a night. Here are some pictures that my friend Lynette took for me...

When Colby started shivering at the end (with his coat on), we knew we had to go home! He is fine now and went back to school yesterday. Now Jolie has the fever!