For Labor Day weekend we went to Blackfoot to spend time with family
and go to the fair. Amelia and Cooper were both excited to go because
they entered goods into the baking contest and were going up against
each other. We headed out early while everyone was at the parade:
Obviously we headed to the bakery building first to see how they fared. Amelia won second place with her frosted sugar cookies:
Cooper
won FIRST place with his white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies!
His first try! You can tell by his smile how happy he was:
In the quick bread department, Amelia won FIRST place AND BEST IN CLASS with her orange bread:
Cooper rounded out his victory with a slightly less-enthusiastic third place with his pumpkin chocolate chip bread:
I
was so proud of both of them! I'd hoped they'd place with at least one
of their entries, but never thought each entry would win. Together,
Amelia won $19 in prize money and Cooper won $8.
Riding
high on sweet victory, we grabbed something to eat. Cooper found he
could spell his name with fries. It made him almost as happy as his
first place ribbon:
We also visited the petting zoo and Amelia rode the ponies.
After
exhausting everything available at the fair, we went back to Nana and
Bompa's house (after a quick stop at Wal-mart to spend their prize
money) to hang out. The rest of the weekend we played with cousins, rode
scooters at the church, and begged my favorite aunt Judy to sew Amelia's
elastic and ribbons on her pointe shoes. It was a fun weekend!
My classes will begin on Monday, so my posts may space out a bit---but these two semesters are my last! Yay!
