Monday of Next Week!

 

I can't believe that Monday is the district 4-H Consumer Judging Competition! I didn't realize it was that soon until competition, and I guess I just totally forgot. With consumer judging we do a commercial advertising cotton, and we also judge consumer items based on a scenario. Last year I placed high, and I hope that I will do well this year. At least now I know how everything is set up. I'm kind of nervous. The thing I hate most is that two different people are doing there commercial in the same room....it's kind of confusing.

For my commercial, I am singing a song to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. I need to dress up like Maria, but I'm not sure which dress to wear. I kind of think the blue dress will look the best. I wore the blue dress last year.

Our 4-H extension agent is letting me borrow a dress to do my commercial in.

Adventure Is Out There

It is funny how just a walk around the pond can be made into an adventure with our family. For Ben's biology, he had to walk around a pond and observe some of the things that he saw. He also had to get pond water to look at under a microscope. Mama brought the wagon so Sadie could ride in it, but she wanted to either walk or be held. I brought my pencils and paper so I could draw some of the things that I saw. I decided to get into the deer stand to draw from a different angle. After that we walked around the pond.

 

 As we were walking around the pond we hit a dead end. There were woods blocking the path around the pond. Ben jokingly told mama that we should cross that strip of land....... She thought he was serious, so we did it. The last time that we attempted to do that, was a long time ago. We were going on a walk and I had my baby stroller with me so we couldn't get across. This time it was more difficult because we had Sadie and a wagon. Other than a scratch or two we made it.

Ben got on top of the deer stand and took pictures.

 

We should do this again some time.

The Perry Fair

On Friday we went on a field trip to the Perry Fair. We met up with some of our cousins and had a great time. Hannah and I rode on the air lift behind Tim, Daniel, and Jarrett....that was a mistake. The air lift stopped for a minute and Daniel and Jarrett turned to us and yelled,"The wires are snapping!" I can handle heights, but not when it is going slowly and all you have to do is look down.

 Some of us did the bumper cars together.......I hadn't done those in a while. 

Ericka and Daniel, "The Daring Ones", rode Pharaoh's Fury. It is a boat that swings you really high
up. I've done it before at Wild Adventures, but I was terrified the whole time. I was only seven and Ben told me that it was fun, but we sat on the seat that took you the highest and I hated it.

Ericka and Daniel are in this picture, but it is hard to see them.

We also went to the circus. They had an act where a guy dumped glitter on a girl and she somehow changed her outfit.....I've always wondered how that happens. There was also this girl who shot herself out of some kind of machine and she landed on a net. Mama doesn't like that kind of act because it looks dangerous.

Jarrett and Timothy in the petting zoo

Ethan and Daniel on the Yo-yo