Cardboard Boat Regatta

Since I handle communications and marketing for the Girl Scouts I get to take lots of pictures of events to be used in our publications. This past Saturday we held a cardboard boat regatta at Lake DeGray. If you're not familiar with the regatta, girls create and decorate a boat out of cardboard and duct tape. The event was a success with over 100 girls participating. There were a lot of dads there coaching their daughters in boat engineering and cheering them on in the race. Dads are the best! It was so cute watching them get all worked up! Of course the girls were all precious! They all did an amazing job and really got into having themes for their boats and teams. Here are a few pictures I took:

This team was called "Fairy-Licious". What's funny about it is these girls' big brothers (age 12ish and were all boy) came up with the name.

These girls dressed up as puppies.

How cute is this???!!!

Team Kingsford tipped over and although the water was shallow, the girls had life jackets on and there were two lifeguards on duty, the dad was in the water before the girls went all the way in. He put them both back in the boat and they were on their way.

You can tell what's about to happen here...

Again, note the dad. :)

After the girls raced the brothers and little sisters got to race their boats.

These poor boys were doomed from the beginning.

Waaaaaaaaait for it......

By far, the best picture I've ever taken.

These girls got first place for the best decorated boat.

I would like to thank my parents for puppy-sitting Mamie while I was at the lake. I figured she would have more fun playing with Brodie, Mom and Dad's Airedale than at home alone. Not only did Mamie have a great time but she was exhausted. Poor thing passed out in the front seat before we pulled out of the driveway.

By the way, the bag in the floor is what I packed for Mamie to go to my parents' house. When I handed the bag to Dad he responded with, "And did you write strict instructions as well?"