Madison and Katie (and many others) are washing
their calves before the sun is even fully up.
What ambitious young ladies.
Today started out awfully early. I went to bed at 12:30am and didn't sleep well because I knew I had to get up at 5am. I set 2 alarms even! Madison and I were at the fair grounds by shortly after 6am this morning. The calves had to get washed early to allow for their coats to dry. ... so that they could be clipped, sprayed with super-duper cow hairspray "stuff", sprayed with black cow paint "stuff" to cover up the hairspray "stuff"... (sorry to be so technical) have their tales ratted, their faces carefully washed and brand new halters put on. Whew! Thank goodness the kind, wonderful farming family has teenage boys who know what they are doing! They were quite busy with all of their family's cows this morning.
I'll keep this short tonight because I'm EXHAUSTED but I knew that the g'mas, g'pas, aunts/uncles/cousins/friends would be checking their blogs to see how it went today and I couldn't let them down.
Madison and Katie did very well today. They each got blue ribbons... and a $5 bill (?). Sue, the farmer's wife aka "cow expert" gave them each a big compliment on how well they handled their calves, how confident they looked... all in the face of competing with kids who have grown up on the farm and been to a bazillion cow shows. I can write more about it later when I have more time.
I posted some pictures for you though!
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