We made it through the hottest fair I can remember although the rain Sunday evening brought us the most beautiful rainbow followed by a much cooler last day of fair. 4H is something most of my friends don’t really understand. They didn’t grow up with it or they grew out of it. But I find it so important for my kids and our family. The responsibility of raising animals, the pride in showing them, the friends they have met and skills they have built. How many HS Senior guys can bake a pie from scratch? How many 11 year old girls get to spend hours each week caring for, training and loving on llamas? It’s such an amazing program and if your kids aren’t involved I highly recommend looking into it!

Izzy had an overall great fair. Yes, we had a major anxiety attack on day one in the llama barn and couldn’t do the pack obstacle; no she didn’t do showmanship because she just couldn’t make herself get up and do it. But she did two other obstacle courses, she participated in and talked to the public during Walk A Llama and she did morning chores. She showed her rabbits, with help from Bubby and got a Best of Breed with one of her Mini Satins.

And she pulled. Quite a bit. She hasn’t had a bald spot in months. She has three now at the end of fair. But we still look at the positives… she’s not pulling like she did. She’s making progress.

She gets her next HCK’s wig on Friday. She’s looking forward to getting it; and plans on it being her primary school wig. We talked how middle school is so different from her world at North and how she’s gonna be around many many new kids who don’t know her or her trich, so wearing a neutral hair color wig all the time at school will probably be a great idea. I’m also encouraging Bearbear staying at home, but she’s not giving in on that one.

So we now coast through the rest of this week. Meet Izzys teachers and find her locker on Monday and we’re knocking on the door to the 2019/2020 school year.