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[Zgoatlady]

My kids will be 10, 8 and 8 in October... sounds like they are all old enough for 4-H.

Awesome! I had no idea 4-H included things other than animal husbandry. Of the animals, we'd be primarily interested in poultry.

I have a 10-year-old who has been over-the-top crazy about trains since he was two. The whole family has begun to love trains because of him. He has small Lionel Christmas trains and a Lionel O-scale train set. Our family even chased one of the last Steam Engines that operate through Auburn and Maple Valley. We chased it again that same day as it rolled back through. It was a fun day for everyone, but the BEST day for my little guy.

My daughter loves sewing (well, actually, so do the boys - but, shhh... don't tell anyone that.

) A couple of years ago Santa brought her a very high-quality 3/4 scale sewing machine that has a 25-year warranty. The hope is it will last her through college. She also loves to help me in the garden.

OK... so now I'm definitely going to have to give 4-H a good look. We're in King County (Auburn). Hopefully we have good clubs. Being a Scout leader, I'm overwhelmed with responsibility so I don't want to start one on my own. I help out at Girl Scouts, as well. I'm hoping to find something where I can be a "helper" and not a leader. I truly enjoy that I'm only responsible to teach girl scouts every 4-5 sessions or so instead of every week like Cub Scouts.

I also run a Jr. FLL (First Lego League) team each fall (well, actually, last fall I had too many kids, so I had to run 2). That's a great program for the kids who are more brainiac-oriented and not sport oriented. All three of my kids love it. Last year, I had a 4-girl team, and all 4 girls were sports oriented - but they LOVED Jr. FLL as well. That was pretty cool. Here's info on that... http://www.usfirst.org/

Here is who you need to contact, I have the website for you.
4-H is one of the best groups you could have your child in. At least that s what I think
http://county.wsu.edu/king/youth/Pages/default.aspx

 

[Nikki99]

Welcome neighbor!

Thank you!! Kalama! We aren't far at all!

How long have you been into chickens?

 

[Chicken Rustler]

To all the new peeps. hope ya enjoy it here. There are a lot of very good people here with gobs of good info to share along the way.

 

[Nikki99]

To all the new peeps. hope ya enjoy it here. There are a lot of very good people here with gobs of good info to share along the way.

Thanks for the warm welcome Chicken Rustler!

 

[SadieSue]

I lost a chick to a hawk today. We were all outside, kids running, yelling, playing and all of a sudden out of nowhere darts down this small hawk and snatched up a baby FROM UNDER A TREE! less than 50 ft away from where a friend and I were sitting in the yard.
I got up and ran yelling, arms flailing, when I saw it coming down but I was too late

Such an awful feeling watching it fly away

So sorry - what a helpless feeling that must have been!

 

[SadieSue]

Wish me luck today as we finish up a pride of about 200 Lion banks and derby jeeps. The boys are doing such a good job. I'm so proud of them.

 

[SweetSilver]

OK... so now I'm definitely going to have to give 4-H a good look. We're in King County (Auburn). Hopefully we have good clubs.

Last I heard, King County stopped funding their 4-H programs.

Been away awhile. Not going to read 3000-odd posts! We made our move to our property, trying to sell or rent our house. Busy Busy Busy.

Fair is coming up this August (Grays Harbor), and I am a bit overwhelmed. I am a fair virgin, thankfully one other mom in our 4-H club is a complete newbie to this as well. I suggested they set up a "lost and confused fair parent" safe space in addition to the lost kid tent.

ETA: My youngest joined this last fall, at 4. If the club has primaries, the cutoff is 5 by Jan.1st or something like that.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

I am so very bumbed, I really wanted to go to the meat up but did not make it home early enough. Really really bumbed!

There's sure to be another one soon. Summers are such a great time to get together!

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

I lost a chick to a hawk today. We were all outside, kids running, yelling, playing and all of a sudden out of nowhere darts down this small hawk and snatched up a baby FROM UNDER A TREE! less than 50 ft away from where a friend and I were sitting in the yard.
I got up and ran yelling, arms flailing, when I saw it coming down but I was too late

Such an awful feeling watching it fly away

This must have been tough on all of you. I'm sorry.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Sure to be another busy day! Sounds like most are faring much better the last few days, weather isn't too bad. Today will be 81 here, love it!! We're going to my sisters' house to swim in their inflatable pool again. Yesterday was my DSs real 6th birthday so we spent it with family. I was just popping in this morning for a few minutes but need to get going on chores and schoolwork with the 2 big kids right now so we don't get behind. TTYL!