Can anyone else remember the words to the song in Charlotte's Web that is sung by Templeton the rat??
Last week was our local fair. I sang that song over and over 'til my children begged me to stop. LOL! It was great!
I can understand why Templeton thought a fair to be such a smorgasborg. Everywhere we went was candy, candy and more candy. We filled our bags with it, as well as pencils, pens and note pads. We bought cotton candy, icecream, and the most wonderful thing of all....fair fries. Our local fair makes the best fries!
We entered our handcrafts, flowers and baked goods and won many ribbons.
Sarah 13yo won 6 ribbons. She won 2nd place on her baked zuccini bread. She used her grandmother's recipe, so that made it even more special. She won 1st place on her embroidered pillow cases that she made to give to a friend as a wedding gift. She won ribbons on her flowers, and knitted hat.
Beth 15yo won 5 ribbons. She got 1st place on her jewelry, sculpey clay flower, and a knitted hat. She also won 2nd on a clay doll mask and sweater.
Aaron 11yo won 5 ribbons, too. He made a leather wallet, which got him a 2nd place ribbon and various ribbons on his flowers.
Seth 9yo, Jesse 7yo and Josh 5yo all entered pumpkins, but did not get any prizes. They were ok with that, they were just excited about going and getting candy.
I entered a knitted wool soaker, which did not win any ribbons. I don't think the judges even knew what it was. When I took it down, the ladies who register the knitted items did not know what it was, did not have a catagory for it, they put it with "useful items". An older lady saw it as we were discussing where to enter it, and knew what it was, commented it had been a very long time since she had seen one. The little hat I knitted for Trinity won a blue ribbon, even though I did not think the work was my best. I also entered a PUL diaper wrap, made of Thomas the Tank print.
It was fun visiting all the booths and animals. Our favorite was the alpacas. They had a 3wk old alpaca baby, so pretty and soft!
All in all, it was a good year for the fair.
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