County Fair

For 4-H this year, the girls chose cooking. I was their leader, and there were a couple of other kids that chose cooking as well so we kept pretty busy.

For fair, Audra decided to make S'more Truffles, and Claire chose to make granola bars.

This y ear Audra had to do a record book and document all the things that she did related to cooking for the year. It was a bit more work than Claire had to do as a Cloverbud. But, when it came to the cooking, they both did all the cooking themselves, after practicing it a lot.

They turned in their projects last Saturday and were both interviewed. On Friday we went to volunteer at the fair, and we were happily surprised to discover that Audra won 1st place in her division, and her truffles made it to state! So now she gets to make them one more time- which she isn't too thrilled about, because the marshmallow fluff is very sticky and she has decided she isn't a fan of stirring it.

Nevertheless, she was rightfully very excited. Both girls worked very hard and were both quite proud of being able to do some cooking on their own.

Then I promised the girls they could each choose 2 rides at the fair to go on. I should not have made the promise! I spent $21 just so the girls could each ride two rides! The North Pole is so much better.

Here I am trying to have a good time despite being so annoyed that I had to spend $6 for this ride because Camille was too short to ride without a paying adult. First world problems, I know.