and.... we made Thrills & Skills cookbooks

Here is our bunch of SKILLED 4H members - - - - - well, maybe here they more resemble 4H THRILL seekers!

Today was a second hard day of work getting ready for the fair. I was impressed to have 12 kids come back for a second dose of work! THANKS everyone -

Leave it to Mrs. G. No simple little collection of paper will do. NOPE - we BOUND our cookbooks. Here everyone gets to work cutting the cover papers. Aren't they pretty? Wills was handsome!

And then it got a tiny bit complicated - - Little pieces, cut corners just so - lots of glue spread evenly, folding tight round the corners. But we did a great job of paying attention and working together.

This even involved a needle and thread. a MIGHTY big and SHARP needle actually. Some were meticulous about making the holes 1" apart here....

It was tricky to put the sticky two-sided paper down and have it all line up right. Here Kathleen has her block of paper ready for sewing. Alyssa is hard at work too.

Maeve - with a beautiful creation. LOOK For it at the fair everyone! I'm hoping for a blue ribbon! Here are all of the books. Such a lovely display -nice work everyone.

Speaking of displays... everyone looks great and happy. LOVE IT!

SOMEONE likes BIG GIRL SHOES - they are "so so petty".

A Day of WORK to get ready for the Fair.......

We had lots of work to do - We worked on expressing our thoughts about the 4H Life Skills circle - it was hard work.
...lots of hard work.

we worked on record books. Labeling our entries and filling out the entry forms. Some spent time with needle & thread and sewing machines finishing up projects. Later - Mrs. Fox came to do a Mary Kay Skin Care party. Everyone enjoyed the time and learned a lot about taking good care of their skin. Her parting words were somethign like"water, rest, healthy fruits and veggies, and wash your face twice a day"...

I saw lots of smiles around the table...

Lots of them...

yes - indeed - very happy smiles!

Fair Clean-Up Day

Summer has gone all to fast - and it's already time to clean out the 4H building at the fair. Here we are with some dedicated 4H'ers from Green Earthlings and others weeding out the fair plot. THANKS to all who helped us!
There were a LOT of weeds.

We did a lot of arranging inside too. Here some of our Jr. Thrills & Skills'ers arrange things for the Fashion Display. SO helpful - SO cute.......

Planning for 2011-2012 4H year is underway!

Mrs. Gorbaty, Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Corcoran met last week for 2.5 hours to begin planning for our 2011-2012 4-H year! Thanks to: Mrs. Morton for hashing out a rough outline ahead of time, to Mrs. Gorbaty for printing them out for us, and to Mrs. Corcoran for hosting us. Ingrid, Maeve, Nessa and Beibhinn had to hang out inside since we had quite the afternoon rain shower!

Our planning session was focused on the junior 4H’ers and the activities that they would be involved in and those activities that would involve the juniors and seniors. Some great ideas were tossed around for the coming year. We will be revisiting some old familiar projects/activities like sewing, cooking and geocaching, and we will be adding some new projects/activities like an archery lesson, a bit of weaving and some card making! It is going to be an exciting year with Thrills and Skills and we are all looking forward to it!

In addition to our planning there was some discussion about assisting next year’s the officers to really blossom in their positions and to master the skills those positions require. Stay tuned for details and announcement regarding this!

Emma's Post

Here I am mixing the batter for delicious waffles. These were healthier than normal waffles, they were made with whole wheat flower.

Even though I am smiling for the camera, I really don't like whisking the batter. I'd rather be playing with my friends.

Hannah's Post

Adam and I were grating cheese for Quiche. I think that Quiche tastes more than delicious. Everybody loved it.

Here is a picture of Mr. Johnson being crazy while making Brownies. I like Brownies.

Serving the Community

We were asked to serve the United Methodist Adult Christmas Party Dinner. The Middle School kids all came and did a great job. A few Mom's came to plate the dinner in the church kitchen. It was a busy busy time - but we were really appreciated by all those that came and enjoyed the dinner. Mrs. Morton made the group matching aprons with our Logo on them. Everyone looked fantastic - a truly OFFICIAL bunch of 4H'ers!
Here Gretchen is working to keep the coffee pot going, Donna is taking a well-deserved beverage break - it was REALLY HOT in that kitchen - 4 ovens had been running all afternoon with seven pork-roasts. Terri is getting ready to serve the dinner.

After dinner we served the final course - PIE! The church has a whole room dedicated to pie - THE PIE ROOM! WOW, what a fun concept! Every home should have one of these.

IN the end there were lots of dishes to be done by hand. Terri said she had NEVER seen so many dishes - and NO dishwasher, just our hands! Cindy, very well versed in Methodist dinner and kitchen work, came in near the end to pitch in a hand and help get this job done. Meanwhile, our great servers finally had the opportunity to enjoy some of the delicious food that they had been serving all night.