We have been meeting ourselves coming and going! AS you know we had barrows, wethers and 6 heifers for our county fair. I won't bore you with all the day by day details, but no more than 3 species will we take to our county fair! I will share with you a little of the schedule:
Friday-4H Sheep
Saturday- Open Sheep, 4H Hogs, Open Jr. Beef Show ( yes, folks it was mass chaos!)
Sunday-Begin Open beef show (showed Angus heifer only)
Monday- Remaining Open Beef, Open Hogs
Tuesday-4H Beef
As I was cleaning the mudroom where in the past 7 days, the kids gathered many Champions and Reserve Champions with all! WOW! Lots of Purple in the mudroom:)
The kids all did great and Boy 2 was all about washing anything and everything and showing in ALL PeeWee Showmanships, because they gave free milkshakes away!
Somethings happen at 4H show and as most of you are parents of kids with animals, you know which one is to win and which one you take as a partner or a showmanship calf. And at a 4H show it is hard to get judges. And at a 4H show, you just never know what will happen. Princess won the Hereford 4H show, BUT with her little June showmanship heifer. No this was not right, No this is not the heifer that has stood above second all year, BUT this is what this judge wanted. Was it great that Princess won, yes, was it right that Princess was shocked and Boy 1 was shocked and that others in the stands laughed? Was it right that during showmanship the judge asked Princess what has been the best part about this fair and her answer was winning Reserve Champion Overall in the Junior Show on Saturday. Well, you can be the judge on that. Did this teach the kids anything, well if you would have asked them yesterday, the answers were not pretty! Today, I am using it as a teachable moment, everyone has their own opinions, and they might not be what you like, but it is their opinions. And opinions make the world go round!
I will post pictures later as it is already 9am and I have two loads of laundry done and about 8 more to go! Also, need to be thinking about Boy 3's birthday party and state fair. Where has this summer gone?
Have A Great Day:)
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