.....because Ammon's eyes started to look a little irritated the day before the I took him to the Dr the morning of and yes, he did have pink eye. We have never dealt with pink eye--all I know is the first word that comes to mind is....very contagious. So it was a hard decision. Trav needed to be there because he's the Dad and he helped Noah make the car, and he was leaving the next morning for SOS and would be gone for a few weeks. I needed to be there because I need to be learning what in the world is going on in the scout world, and I had assignments and things I needed to be doing. But Trav almost stayed home with the 2 youngest anyway, but at the last minute we decided to take Ammon and confine him to the stroller. He didn't mind that. I don't think he was feeling well at all by then and he fell asleep before the races started and we just stuck him in a corner. The Dr had assured my that it is very contagious if he rubs his eyes and touches things, but if we could be confident of him not touching anything, it would not be a problem at all. So. That's what we did. Poor guy though.
Each car got to race 3 times. Noah's came in third twice and second once (when the third place car had a wheel fly off....). He handled it remarkable well. It's no joke though, that some families (dads) get really into this and know all the tricks and secrets and take it a little bit seriously =).
