Our backyard garden finally started producing for real in the last few weeks. Benjamin got really excited about making a stir fry. Here is the uncooked panful. It was really good! He used squash, baby potatoes, green peppers, and I forget what else. He cooked it with olive oil, garlic and soy sauce. He was very pleased with it, and we were all wishing he had made more! Not sure what is in Rachel's mind.
Conneautville has a homecoming celebration every summer, and one of the annual events is the kiddie tractor pull. The kids have to ride the tractor and drag the wooden sled behind. As they go down the course, (you can see it in the picture), people drop bricks onto the sled. When they have to stop, they add up the weight of the bricks and the sled. The kid who pulls the highest percentage of his or her weight in each age group is the cash winner.
Our kids had never ridden a pedal tractor, but they were game to try it anyway. They didn't win, but it really was fun. Here are pictures of each one, grunting down the track. There was no age group for Amanda. Next year, all four of the older kids will be eligible. We'll have to set up a practice track around here and make them train so they will win, and we can bask in their reflected glory and then take away their prize money and make them put it in the bank.
Get ready... Get set..... GO!!!!
(Benjamin, characteristically only mildly interested in the keen competition, spent most of the afternoon in the creek. Here is his prize. I think he was hoping it would turn into a beautiful princess. Note the wet feet and pant legs in his pulling picture.)
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