Fair Results - or maybe - Not so Fair Results

Actually the results were incredibly fair. I know you are all waiting on pins and needles wondering how we did. Let’s just say we already have a game plan for next year. Russell said he would be happy with the turkeys as long as we didn’t place last. He should be happy I guess – next year lets set our sites a little bit higher. We came in 10th out of 11. I guess you can say that that is not last as long as you didn’t see what last looked like. I seriously think that 11th place may have been just an extremely large chicken because it was a mighty tiny turkey. Let me put our turkey situation this way: Don’t come for Thanksgiving Dinner at the Rogas house – if you do, you will possibly leave hungry. Oh well, everyone says it’s the experience you are after. I didn’t realize until today that I must be more competitive than I realized because Britt was happy with the experience… The Mom was more into figuring out how to win!

After that experience I was totally prepared for a bum show with the cows as well. I can tell you it is definitely better to think you are going to bomb and then place rather than think you will fair ok and stink! Britt placed 17th with his heifers. That probably isn’t that good but it is definitely better than 2nd to last! Oh well- now comes the hard part. I have to watch Britt take them thru the ring at the sale. Hopefully the wild bunch won’t jump the fence and … well
you get it …. OLE’!

Now let me tell you who all joined me at the fair. Britt and Russell left with 2 card board boxes filled with turkeys at 7 this morning. Grant woke up about 7:30 and said, “Mom, remember that fair, we have to go today, we have turkeys and cows to do”. Grant is 6 you have to be 8 to have a fair entry but WE have projects to do! Jack slept thru the whole thing so we left him with Nena. Probably a darn good thing, I can only imagine what tootie pants would get into having a whole fair to explore! I asked Benjamin if he would like to join us for the morning and he replied, “No – I have no interest in that fair thing. I think I will stay home today with Nena and just enjoy my day of not having to go to school”. OK well I guess he tells it like it is!!! I wonder if he will decide to see the fair at all this year? That Ben – you just can never tell what will come out of his mouth!

We Did It!

With all of the fair happenings I haven't had a chance to blog about something awesome that has happened at the Rogas house!  Our girls FINALLY are laying eggs.  I think they are so happy with their new coop they rewarded us with breakfast!

The boys are plotting a way that they can make money - so watch out... If they innocently ask if you would like some eggs be very leery.  You will think they are being so generous and then they will hit you with OK that will be $20.00!  You will GULP - and try to politely get out of buying $20.00 eggs - you will see these faces and ... then you will head to your wallet to pay for your golden egg!  RR is training them for the family business!  

I mentioned the new coop - It's a beaut!  It came rolling in on the back of the wrecker - was dumped and sits right beside my used to be beautiful house!  I think I can now say I'm truly a country girl - and I don't think that is a compliment!!!

Oh well - it makes my little fellas happy and the girls too.  I guess that should be a win win situation for someone.

Jack Jack - Can I send him Back?

I often have heard my friends say if ... had been the first they would be the last.  Until this last precious devil I didn't understand.  I can now honestly say if Jack were the first there would be NO MORE!  He is worse than the other three combined.  A typical day with Jack goes like this.  Upon waking we have a little milk and watch "Max and WOOBY".  When he is just laying on the couch I catch myself saying "wow - this isn't going to be such a hard day"... and then just as quickly as it began its over and the sweet little cartoon watching boy turns into a Gremlin!  Let me preface by saying Jack is a climber.  Today for example I was brushing my teeth and during that time he turned on the water in the sink, moved the nozzle and flooded the counter.  He threw a toothbrush down the toilet politely telling it bye bye as it swirled away.  Found a container of baby powder or "puppy powder" as he knows it and shook it all over the laundry room floor.  Took all the silverware out of the drawer, climbed on the island and dumped all of apples in the centerpiece on the ground.  Opened the pantry door - fed all of the snacks to Coco, opened a whole bag of cookies by himself and then played Hansel and Gretel with them thru out the house, took his cereal from the table emptied it on the floor in front of the TV.  When we went outside to feed the girls he turned on the water hose and soaked himself (he was totally dressed) shoes and all.  We went to WalMart and he emptied my basket as fast as I could fill it........ and this was all before lunch!  Are you as exhausted as I am?  Just replaying the day in order to write it down leaves me out of breath!  How can such a cutie be such a little tootie? - I think the terrible twos have already begun!

By the way - don't think he was unattended for even a moment!  I was with him all day he is just super dooper fast!!!  He was onto the next thing before I could get a handle on the last! - Oh the joys of  getting older!

Fair Projects ..... Good Grief!

As if the Rogas house is not a zoo enough we decided that the Washington County Fair sounded like a good idea.  Britt loves animals so why shouldn't we let him show something?  OK let me tell you, there is a difference between loving animals and the fair!  Don't get me wrong, Britt did a really good job of taking care of his animals but he is only 8 years old!  If I ever see a turkey looking in the window at me while I'm in the bathtub it will be tooooo soon!  I want to write a few of our experiences down so that one day when my boys make millions off of their livestock (stop laughing) they will know where they started!

Fair 2010 - if it could go wrong it probably did.

Britt's Girls - the pen of heifers.  God loves them I hope because we surely do not.  We love animals cows included BUT these girls could use a good dose of valium!  Poor Britt has tried for months to get them to be gentle but gentle is just not in the vocabulary!  They are truly the wildest cows I have ever seen.  They have run many a cowboy up a fence just for looking at them the wrong way!  Since they are such ANIMALS in the worst sense of the word - we had to do something to entice buyers SO we came up with a plan to make the show pen interesting.  Britt started naming the girls and mom went to work.  This is what we came up with!  Thank goodness for a zoom lense and photoshop!
They look innocent enough don't they? - - -

This is the board we are using to put on their pen - they don't even look all that evil - wait until you read on, you will almost think they are cute!

This is the write up that is going to go on the board - you didn't think I was that on top of things did you?  It is not due until tomorrow - I still have a couple of hours to put it off!  Besides - Cow number 3 doesn't have a real name at the moment - I don't think it would look good to call her Hamburger!

Bubble Gum Rogas made her debut appearance in November 2008 at B&B Cattle.  Since then she has been performing at the Phillipsburg Blue Barn until landing a starring role at the Washington County Fair in the newly released showing of “The Girls Come to Town”.  Bubble Gum has a busy year scheduled.  After the conclusion of “The Girls Come to Town” look for Bubble Gums newest project to be released in March of 2011 it was directed by Britt Rogas and produced by the famous Black Bull Tegeler from the award winning Angus Production Company. 

Vanilla Gum Rogas made her initial showing in November of 2008 at B&B Cattle.  She has held the role of Gate Protector at the Phillipsburg Blue Barn since December of 2009.  She was lucky enough to land a role in “The Girls Come to Town” in September 2010.  Vanilla Gum will join her costar Bubble Gum in a new release dated March of 2011.  It was directed by Britt Rogas and produced by Black Bull Tegeler. 

… Rogas sprang onto the scene in December 2008 at B&B Cattle.  Since then she has not slowed down a bit.  She performed daily at The Phillipsburg Blue Barn until director Britt Rogas convinced her to take a role in “The Girls Come to Town” showing at the Washington County Fair.  Her next scheduled production will begin around February 2011 at a location near you.  Look for it to be produced exclusively by Black Bull Tegeler of the prestigious Angus Production Company.  

So wish us luck - maybe we won't have to bring hamburger, t bone, and rump roast home!

Time to talk turkey!  I really love my kiddo - my laundry room became an incubator for 15 turkeys for probably a week.  If you haven't ever smelled turkeys  - they don't smell like holly hocks thats for sure - ...  Finally I couldn't take it any longer not to mention they were learning to escape, AND I was having a very hard time protecting them from their enemy!

So we moved them into the garage into Britts Dove Cage.  Much better for the enemy situation but not so much for the pleasant aroma!  Finally the day comes that their actual pen is ready - this would be good news except for the fact that no one told us they were moving the kids.  I was gone Southern Pride was at work and a sweet sitter was watching Jack... Southern Pride got a frantic phone call telling him the dogs were eating something with feathers!  RR rushes home to find ONE turkey in the mouth of our beloved chicken killer and not a trace of the 13 others!!!! Holy you know what BATMAN!  Poor RR is a nervous wreck - the poor sitter nearly in tears - and chicken killer just a smilin' !~  When RR finally calls me to tell me I ask him if he has called anyone to see if they happened to have moved them to their new home - long story short 13 happy birds one very aged RR!
Weeks pass without incident - That is UNTIL - I happen to be talking to Lovie while she has my boys and I hear OH NO OH NO OH NO and then CLICK.... You all know my men so you are probably thinking the same as me - Someone has shot the other one with something and there is probably blood spurting from something.  I rush over to find blood spurting out of something alright... Abby and Puppy dog joined the ranks of Winston!
Finally - what is left of the fair project is moved back to my house.  RR sets up camp for them right outside of my bathroom window.  I can tell you there is nothing like being half asleep in the bathtub only to find yourself eye to eye with a 25 lb. turkey!  Oh Well - Happy Thanksgiving to all if you know what I mean.

I know this has been a long and mighty boring post - BUT Boys when you are grown and reading this to your kids - remember how much your mom did for you!  This post should certainly keep me out of rest home for a little longer anyway!

Labor Day Reflections

OH MY GOODNESS! WE MADE IT! We chose to celebrate Labor Day in Sargent this year. The boys actually had school today but we were really bad and skipped. I'm quite sure the teachers were probably glad if my boys are anything at school like what they were this weekend. Actually, it was a somewhat pleasant weekend. They boys went crabbing, played the friendly game of Candy Land (NOT) and we went to the beach. The most fun thing is that Mimi came along for the ride. I definitely think she is going to need a serious vacation after our serious vacation. I can almost guarantee that she will no longer travel with us without bringing along her trusty earplugs. I really think we may have made her a nervous wreck seeing as how by 10:30 this morning she was drinking a Sangria wine cooler. She was a really good sport and I really do think she had a good time. We all had a good time with her… One funny about "Margaret – who's Margaret?"; this morning the electricity went off and stayed off for a good while. Everyone was getting a little cabin fever especially Jack. I heard Mimi in the room with him telling herself something like, darn I just can't figure out anything. I asked her what was the matter and she replied, "I can't get his tv program to turn on". Remember when I said we had no electricity? J Oh what a fun weekend in Sargent.

Britt -

Grant

Ben

Jack

Of all times for my camera to dye - this is the best family shot I got -

Talk about FUN!!! - see you next summer Sargent.

The way home was another story however. Jack cried just about the whole way home. He wanted out of his car seat, wanted Max and Wuubbeee, needed his milkeee mooo, you name it he needed it all the way from East Bernard to the dairy barn. We hit the dairy barn road the kid perked up, started to smile and by the time we drove into the driveway he was a totally changed kiddo. Go figure…

The Little Toot!

We stopped at McDonalds in Bay City to get the boys a movie and snack. Snack of course being, 2 happy meals for the twins and a big kid mighty meal double cheeseburger for B (much more than his mom could think about eating). Anyway, point being – they received action figures in their meals. Ben was telling everyone how cool his was. It was a man with 2 arrows and they could shoot far, and man it was the coolest ever. Britt munched happily along not paying much attention to them and about 3 minutes later Grant piped up, "NO FAIR – I GOT A BUTTERFLY"! The action figure he received was a super hero with wings. Poor little guy was so serious we ALL were just dying! Mom tried to convince him it was a DRAGON FLY but he didn't bite. Thank goodness Britt was much more interested in his food than his action figure so he happily switched and all was good again for the four little fella's.

What a fun and memorable weekend! Back to the old routine tomorrow – I guess summer is over and gone so HAPPY FALL Y'ALL (now we just need the weather to go with it).

Thank Goodness it’s Friday

I woke up this morning thinking Thank Goodness It's Friday; we made it through our second week of school! Weekend – easy sailing! If the weekend is anything like this morning holy help me batman! I think I have things SO under control. The boys are all ok about getting up, none of them throw TOO big of a fuss about the clothes they are to wear. Ben even decides he can probably tolerate his socks for the day and his shoes aren't even that tight. WOW – the morning is made… WRONG… I so happily ship them off with Russell and smile as I make my way back into the house for a relaxing shower. I shower, washed my hair and get my run around clothes on when I hear Jack. I really thought I would be able to dry my hair as well but – oh well – I guess I can survive. That is what I think anyway until I begin walking up the stairs talking to him and he talks back, "POO POO – caca (a favorite thing he says that his Nena taught him)". As I get closer I can smell that he is telling the truth. "Jack you smell lets go change your diaper", "diaper bye-bye". I quickly look at him and no kidding his diaper really is gone. There is poop everywhere – he is asking for me to get him out and telling me "hands dirty" at the same time. SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT – what am I going to do now – poop is not my thing and RR has already left for work… I have NO wipies upstairs so hummmm – toilet paper. I wipe him down as best I can, run a bath and gingerly throw him in. 30 minutes later and life is good again. Did I mention the twins were being knighted into "Kindergarten Kingdom" again today? Did I mention ALL parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and dogs are invited to this so you must get there early? My hair has half dried by itself looking much like Mr. Fluffy Pants the chicken – Jack decides to tear apart EVERYTHING and I have to be SITTING in the church in 45 minutes… Thank goodness for family, Lovie dear came quickly and we did make it before the knighting started. I missed the little looks on their faces when they saw their capes for the first time and I was in the very back pew but I did make it for their 35 seconds of greatness being KNIGHTED into kindergarten kingdom by a King and a jester that totally looked wrong for the part but I made it none the less and the boys were ecstatic. I think they honestly were happier about getting to go eat lunch and take their friend with them than the whole school issue which had been a major ordeal for me for the 2^nd year in a row.

My Kings

All my hard work - have you ever had to make a king's mantle from a bath towel?

The Kings number one fan - can't forget Britty -

 Oh well – Once again, it's over smooth sailing right? Lovie and I take the 5 boys to must be heaven – how bad could they be? They were bribed with ice cream?!? Never underestimate the power of boys – boys will be boys no matter how much ice cream they are promised. Actually they were OK until they saw a little girl from their class. Poor Grant must be a little bit smitten with her because the others started giggling and it got worse from there. They soon moved on to threatening to tell her that she was Grant's girlfriend. We all know Scrappy – that was not a good thing. He came after them. We had a boxing arena set up right in the middle of Must Be Heaven! Good Gravy do you think the weekend will get better for me or do you think I should just resign myself to the fact this is what my life is for the next 18 years? By the way if that is your opinion please keep it to yourself – I can only take so much!!! We are heading to the Brenham Cub game tonight so wish us luck (and I don't mean the team)…..

The Little Toot Himself -
Mr. Poo Poo Pants

One Last Thought

Made you laugh didn't it?  And you thought YOUR life was exciting!

You should be the mom of 4 little fella's!