County Fair Days: 4H Showing 2022

 There is nothing quite like the county fair when you are in 4H.   We used to just walk around and think "that's nice".  Now we understand so much more of what is happening behind the scenes and are part of the landscape of the fair ourselves. 

Every year I think, "we really need to enter some of our produce next year" and then in the rush of early August and bunny preparations it falls by the wayside. Maybe next year we'll finally get organized enough.

Baby A loves the Tractor Mac books.  He was so excited to meet a tractor at the fair that looks just like Tractor Mac.  We waved to Tractor Mac every day when we went in through the gates and every evening when we left the fairgrounds. 

Year 2 of competing in the judging and showmanship competitions was a little less scary. 

We spent A LOT of time hanging around the rabbit barn.  There were a lot of cuties to look at. 

Meanwhile, the big kids showed that they could identify the characteristics of their rabbit and show them off to best advantage. 

They were scored according to their age group. Abi won first place in her age group. 

The place to be in the rabbit barn was in front of the fans. It was hot all week. 

The 4Hers had to identify different rabbit breeds and characteristics from pictures. 

They also need to have a detailed knowledge of rabbit anatomy.

They judged the rabbits and described why they made those judgements. 

The kids also did some community service in the Critter Barn.  They showed chicks and ducklings off to all the kiddos that wanted to meet them. 

The 4H kids in our rabbit club made a float and road in the parade.

Baby A really liked his view of the parade. 

Brother M was lucky enough to have raised a trio of 10 week olds that made up the rabbit meat pen. They were auctioned in the big livestock auction.  Our county executive bought them for 450$.

Of course we also had to go check out the rides! Same as last year, each child got to choose one ride.

Baby A went on this free barrel ride.  He was okay until they started to pull away.  Then he was screaming "MOMMY" and crying hard. Luckily, it was just a short loop around the field.