2009 State Fair!!

We had a great time at the fair this year!!









The classic wiffle ball game!































Max played the balloon pop











And won a cool fish!














And Mattie played pick up the ducks








Another blue ribbon! Mattie's pumpkin won first!
Max did great, too, and took home 5th!









The judges loved Amy's salsa, and she got 3rd!












Blue ribbon Stocking!
















Max's table
















Max's Recycling project













Max's Lego project








Mattie's paper glasses











Mattie's painted shirt

The Results are in....

For those of you who were waiting, here are the results of the 2009 State Fair Creative arts competition:

Matilda: Participant - fabic (painted shirt)
Participant - paper (glasses)

Max: 2nd place -recycle project (coin bank)
5th place - Lego (space ship)
6th place - wood project (table)

Emily - 1st place - Stocking (Josh's stocking)

Missy - 2nd place - Cakes (Choc. Praline)
3rd place - Knitting (Kai's blanket)

Debi - 2nd place - Quilts (Kai's Quilt)

Three more results to come tonight: Max and Mattie's pumpkins, and Amy's salsa.







Chocolate Praline cake








Mom's quilt









My knitted blanket

The Making of Max's Pumpkin

A few eyes and a mouth

LEGO at the top

And you got yourself a Lego Head Pumpkin!

Very Lego-y!

The Making of Matilda's Pumpkin

We start with a pink pumpkin (well, what did you expect?).









Add an eye.








And another.









And a mouth. Opps, wrong face!













A little burn. All in the name of blue ribbons!









There!
All done!









Ain't she a doll?!

Hmmm....
I'm starting to think maybe it's me.




Mattie













Malachi

Look at left legs!

What we did today

Mattie painted a picture
















Max played Play-Doh after school














Malachi fought with his hat














Mattie and Kai took their naps together

Here is my Praline Chocolate Cake for the State Fair.









Mmmmm...













Mattie doesn't like my cake, she likes blue popsicles.










Kai loves his new hat...






...or not.

Hey, look! A happy Malachi! With a beautiful smile and...














...it's gone.






The next generation computer programer...or hacker.








Max is the most patient one in the house, and always a big help!








Who can say no to this sweet face?

Maybe this one?

Malachi loves his bath! Especially now that we got the high-dollar, spa-quality soap for his sensitive skin. I don't even get shampoo that expensive!

But look how happy it makes him!

I told Mattie to get ready that we were going shopping.

She got ready!:

She shares her pink bank with Malachi!