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Adventures of a Boy

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By marydalene

This year Timothy was able to participate in Hope of America, a concert and program to celebrate America, the military and patriotism in general. It is sponsored annually by the Freedom Festival, and all fifth-graders get to participate as part of their curriculum in U.S. history.

As part of the program, the students sit in a giant flag in the Marriott Center and Timothy was part of the field of blue.

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Can you see him?

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You might need to make it larger, but in this one, I’ve highlighted him. He has his arms on his knees and his hands are propping up his head.

Timothy had fun in the program; my only regret is that I had purposely not listened to “Gangnam Style” all the way through, ever, and one of the other groups did a dance to it. Thanks for that.

My oldest also participated in the Pinewood Derby in May.

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He designed and painted his car himself (Jared helped him with the drilling and cutting). His average car speed was 2.74 seconds, which wasn’t enough to get him first place, but he didn’t come in last either.

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His leaders gave him “The Survivor” award because of all the bullet holes that Timothy wanted on the side of his car. He had fun designing that part of it.

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  1. BarbaraMay 26, 2013 at 10:47 PM

    Good job, Timothy.

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  2. UnknownMay 27, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    I think at least half the fun of a Pinewood Derby can be designing and creating the car and parent/child time. Sounds like this derby was clearly a success.

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  3. UnknownMay 27, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    I think at least half the fun of a Pinewood Derby can be designing and creating the car and parent/child time. Sounds like this derby was clearly a success.

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