County Field Day

I was very into 4-H when I was in 4-H.  But I never went to County Field Day.  Not sure why.   Rionn attended his second field day.  This year he entered the food competition too.  And I've kind of set up my meetings to help the kids figure out things to enter into field day and the fair.  Things you can enter in field day is... floral arrangement, favorite cookies, favorite dessert, photography, public speaking, demonstrations, singing, music, acting, clay objects, crafts, and judging.  The thing I love about 4-H is that the parents can't help.

So here's what Rionn chose to do.  He entered his Thanksgiving wreath, both divisions in photography, favorite dessert, favorite cookies, his tote bag, and model from a kit.

We've spent the last week prepping.  Making sure his model was done.  Taking pictures of random things that 10 year old boys want to take pictures of.  And learning how to bake.  He has realized that those sweet treats that I make are a pain to do.  One of the rules of field day is no pre packaged items.  No cake mixes from a box.  No premade pie crusts.  Nor frosting from a can.

So he decided to make key lime pie cupcakes.  Those are always a favorite around here.  Nice and spring-like too.  And he wanted to make my peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.  And he's decided that baking from scratch is hard work.  Especially since he broke my blender.  Smashing down graham crackers is for people with strong arms muscles.  Not to mention cutting in half and juicing 26 key limes.  He also learned how to use the mixer.  Which for some reason made me really nervous.

But he did great.  And his food tasted awesome. He came home with 1 county winner, 2 blue ribbons, 2 red ribbons, and 2 white ribbons.  His key lime pie cupcakes were county winner in his age category.  They auctioned off the desserts.  His cupcakes sold for $20.  And his cookies sold for $25.  You want to know my secret for great recipes.  It's Google and trial and error.  Yep.  I use the toll house cookie recipe from the bag of chips.  Usually I replace the white flour with whole wheat.  Half the chocolate chips for peanut butter ones.  And key lime pie came around because my husband was googling limes.  And key lime pie came up.  He's notorious for wanting me to make something he likes in a restaurant.  LOL.

His pictures took 2nd and 3rd.  I'm not sure what they were judging it based on.  But I thought they were pretty good for a 10 year old and his mom's old cell phone.

And most of our day was sitting around.  Since Rionn didn't have to be around for his things to be judged, we spent the day walking around a jr high school.  Trying to catch lizards.  And at the end of the day, they finally caught one.  But it was a good day.  And hopefully next year he won't just enter the arts and crafts stuff.  But the speeches and demostrations too.