Dearest Oz,This is the finished race car track your Poppa made for your third birthday. He knows how much you love cars and he wanted to make you something special for your birthday.
He designed it, cut the wood, put it together, painted it, built the cars and then made the starting gate.
He thinks you are one special young man and he is so very proud of you. You are growing so quickly that we hardly recognize you from month to month. Poppa is very smart so he knows how to make all kinds of neat things. I took this picture of Poppa's notes and the "sample" car he was making for you and your friends.
Here's Poppa cutting the wood for the track. He used an electric saw that was really loud and made lots of sawdust. I was glad he was working outside. Poppa makes lots of noise when he works and boy does he get grumpy if he has trouble cutting the wood. (I just wanted you to know Poppa would only do this for very special boys and girls!)
Here's Poppa making the individual track runs for each car. Did you know that you use math to build things? Diva is not
very good with math and Poppa does not like to listen to suggestions when he is building . (Just thought I'd tell you now in case you try to help him later!) After he built the cars and the track he spray painted the track.
Did you know that it is hard to spray
paint on wood when the wind is blowing? Poppa knows that really well as the paint was spraying on him as well as the wood. I'm really hoping that you and Charlie will enjoy playing with cars and the racing track for a very long time. Poppa made the track in two parts so it can be stored easily.
Diva made the artwork for the each track with a number so you can tell which car was in each lane. Some one waves a checkered flag in real races when the winner crosses the finish line.
Hope you like your track.
We love you
Poppa and Diva
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