Thomas first year of 4-H

Well it's strange to say it because a year ago I would have no idea what 4-H entailed, but we're officially a 4-H family. 

 Thomas did Sugar Beets for his 4-H project.  We did this board together, and he worked so hard on writing it and all of his beet book which is like a 30 page book detailing how often the beets were watered, sprayed, fertilized, and all sorts of other information.

 He had to take 3 beets to the fair and that may have been his favorite part.  He was excited they won a red ribbon.

 He also was to partake in a service project. He and his cousins that were also doing 4-H saw a need to weed a neighbors garden while they were out of town.  It took a couple hours, but they made it look so good.  Above is the before.

And here is the after.  Thank goodness our cousins do it or we would have not a clue at what to do.  It was a good experience and Thomas really seemed to enjoy it, and we all learned a lot more about what goes on to make a sugar beet a sugar beet.