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the drama of 4-H


as a kid i was in 4h....just a few years, but enough to learn how to bake and sew. i think i did a brief latch hook stint, but really - who does latch hook anymore? oh, there was the beginning of microwave foods and consumer clothing. i had some good memories of 4h....even if my dad never did buy me a pig!

..looking to keep mapboy entertained this summer we enrolled in mini 4h. he signed up for forestry and gardening. pretty simple and easy. we got our books and i took a brief look and thought to my self, "this is going to not be good!" the information was way too basic for my son's current skill level in these subjects and he is not going to enjoy this. then we head to the first meeting where the lady talked about stickers of dogs and food and mostly to the parents.

so one fine afternoon we sat down to work through the books. he was bored which turns to frustration which turns to anger which turned to horrible record sheets. i gave up and just let him grump through it.

now on to the projects....he decided to take some veggies for gardening. easy enough, but a last minute project. but how hard is it go pick a few veggies and put them on a plate? and a collage of items collected in a forest. simple enough...so mapboy headed out to the woods and field with grandma and brought home a bag of treasures. this morning we assembled our collage...and after a week of hiking, he was in much better spirits and did his record sheets over. what a relief...


here is his final project! i thought it turned out great!!! i put the hot glue on and he assembled it. i'm thankful that we had an amazingly peaceful time working on this....


but, i will say that mini 4h has been a bit of a bummer. i really thought they'd learn a little more. i am not sure we will venture into this next year. although princess has already picked out her project list and is gearing up for 4h fun. she wants to do foods - now that i can do! did i mention i won GRAND CHAMPION with my cookies in foods 1? sure did - we made chocolate crinkles and my mom and i spent a ton of time studying each cookie to see how they were crackled and dusted....she was such a good mom, but it paid off. now my sewing and modeling - can i just say saddle shoes were not a popular choice!!!!!!??? and i ripped more seams out than i care to remember - but atleast i learned to sew!

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Natalie said…
Grand Champion the year we had to make rolls! We ate lots and lots and lots of rolls that summer.
July 8, 2009 at 9:23 AM
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