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Through 4-H Jayden and I signed up to work at the Iowa State Fair “Little Hands on the Farm”. This is a kids hands on farm that is super cute for kids. We went through as a family with our kids last year. The kids plant in a garden, gather their vegetables, raise corn and beans, fuel pedal tractors with bio fuels, gather eggs from chickens, wool from sheep, and milk from cows. These are all pretend items and animals in little barns. At the end the kids sell their stuff at the farmer’s market and get money to buy a real treat. The kids love it.
Jayden and I were excited to help and Mark was going along with the boys to watch the Beef show. We were given volunteer shirts, parking passes, and tickets into the fair. All was great, except it never stopped raining the entire day. Jayden and I worked the little farmer’s market under a shade umbrella, not waterproof. It was not a very pleasant morning, however it did not stop parents from bringing their excited kids. Some parents had umbrellas and ponchos, while others just didn’t care and everyone was soaked by the end. My mom,and Alice took Jake and Luke through and they loved it! It was the coolest day of the month, in the 70’s, so the rain made you chilly if you got wet. Our shift was 8:30 to 12:30. The rest of our day we saw a few sights before heading back home. I saw my friend Jamie and her family. She shows Belgian draft horses and we got to see one of her giants, 19 hands tall, wow!!

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