Last week was the Carver County Fair. We headed out on Friday and the weather cooperated. It threatened to storm a few times, but held off until we were ready to go home.
The County Fair is a much anticipated event in the Kraft house. We love walking through all the barns to observe the various animals. I think we took more pictures of animals than we did the children!
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| Lillian posing next to the hungry pigs. |
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| Esther was cool with the sheep...until he licked her toes! |
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| Eleanor hitching a ride in the stroller while looking at all the breeds of chickens. |
This year, each of the children worked on a project that they could enter into the education division to be judged. Madeline and Haley earned a grand champion ribbon for their project last year, so the bar was set pretty high. Happily, each of them received a first (blue) or second (red ) place ribbon. AND - Haley earned a grand champion ribbon (purple) for the quilt that she made! They were all so proud of their work and are thinking ahead to next year's entries. Let's hope we are a bit more organized and start our projects earlier. This year we did all the projects in 3 weeks...not quite enough time to really enjoy and have fun withe the whole creation process. I do have to say, though, that it was a good reason to get a project done with a firm deadline. I have grand ambitions of working on projects with the kids throughout the year and then the projects seem to get pushed aside for more pressing "academic" work. I am glad that they each completed something and did it all by themselves.
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| Joseph did a football themed latch hook project - Blue Ribbon |
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| Lillian made a craft project called "A Giraffe, A Lion and An Alligator" - Red Ribbon |
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| Madeline pointing to her horse themed latch hook - Blue Ribbon |
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| Haley standing under her colorful quilt - Blue and Purple Ribbons |
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| Haley in front of her pink snow hat she knitted - Blue Ribbon |
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| Madeline's "Fairyland Fantasy" diorama - Blue Ribbon |
After eating lunch and riding the rides (Haley even got Grandma Pam to go on a few of the crazy rides with her!), the weather turned threatening and we decided that it was time to head for home. It was a great time, but I am happy that it only comes once a year! :-)
God Bless!
Heather :-)
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