My little 4H'er

On Wednesday at our local Library they had what they called a Western Round-Up. The local 4H'ers were their with their animals, they were teaching people how to lasso, they had crafts, games, and refreshments. It was really fun and so nice outside that day. Jolee and I had planned on going, but that almost changed when I was going to have to wake her up from her nap, but how often do you get to see horses and donkeys for FREE at your Library??

She LOVED it! Her favorite that day was the miniature donkeys, the mama's name was Chloie and her baby who was 1 week old was named Sadie. She climbed up on that fence and watched and watched them.

The 4H girl who raised these donkeys was trying to tell the kids a little bit about them, she said this is the kind of donkey Mary rode, because it has a cross on it's back (somehow their hair on their back makes a cross). She says you all know that story about Mary and the donkey, right? None of the kids knew what she was talking about and none of the parents said anything either. I wished you could have seen the devastated look on that poor girls face, when no-one knew what she was talking about. So quiet me spoke up and said yes, we know the story about Mary and the donkey in the BIBLE. That's all it took, Jolee heard me say Bible and she starts hollering...daddy, bible, bed. Yes Jolee, you and Daddy read your Bible before you go to bed at night. I kind of walked away a little saddened that none of the kids nor the parents knew that story in the Bible.

The 4H girl asked me does she want to come in and pet them? I said No, but thank you, she probably wouldn't go, right? Not my clingy daughter. So the girl asked Jolee, do you want to come in and pet them? Next thing I know, I'm standing on the outside of the fence by myself because she has made a bee line at this point for the fence and walked right on in. She was petting them and talking to them, saying...That mommy, that baby, eyes, nose, etc, etc! I was totally shocked, that she went in by herself and was petting donkey's and loving it!

This was the craft we made. It's a dream catcher! She picked out the beads, and we made it together.

I didn't get a picture of the horse we got to see and pet, because "good ole" mom here had to actually climb in that nice smelling horse trailer with Jolee so she could pet that big horse.

When Silas got home that night you would have thought Jolee had been taking something, she was on a horse high! She talked non-stop about those horses saying over and over...Jolee pet horse, Jolee pet horse. She told her daddy all about it, she absolutely LOVED it! And is now telling us, she wants to ride a horse, she says...Jolee ride horse.

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This is her craft she made Tuesday at the Library, they read books about frogs and then got to color their lily pads and glue on their frogs!