The Rocky Show

So after Owen and I finished work yesterday we headed off with Jack to the annual Rockhampton Show!!  Woohoo!!  Oh what fun!!!  I just SOOOOOOOOO love the show.  It's such and exciting event in my year!!  When we were kids it was just such an extreme treat to go to the show and my brother and I both even used to get a new outfit just for the show.  The atmosphere to me is just electric.  So many sights and sounds, so many different personalities, different fashions, I nearly go into sensory overload. 

We didn't get there until about 4.30 so I did miss out on going through all the pavilions (Jack would be thanking his lucky stars for that).  As soon as we got there we went and registered Jack at the Police stand and got him and ID bracelet.  Last year we actually found a little lost kid so if there's something like this offered at your local show, I'd definately recommend it.  Before we headed off to the rides we went and checked out how we went with our cooking and craft entries and we both did quite well.

Jack received a commendation for his Lego entry which he's proudly pointing to here, it's the green vehicle at the back.  He tells me that just about all the protruding thingys are guns, lots of guns, such a boy thing those guns.

He won 2nd place for his layered jar display, Yaay Jack!!  His mask wasn't a prize winner unfortunately but you can see it in the photo on the bottom shelf, it's the one with the red pom pom on it's cheek.

I got a 3rd place (I think) for one of my scrapbooking entries and a 2nd place for my jewellery making, Jack unfortunately missed out on a place for his scrap page and fine art drawing.  On to the baking!!  Jack placed 2nd for his scones and I can't remember now whether he got some type of placing for his muffins as well.  I got 2nd for my birthday mini cupcake display and I can't remember what placings I got (all seconds and thirds) for my scones, pumpkin scones and chocolate cake so that was pretty exciting.

*Official Results*

Jack-  1st for chocolates

          2nd for bottle of dried food

          3rd for batch of plain scones

          Commended for Lego display

Me-   1st for Pumpkin scones (thanks Kim)

          2nd for Jewellery Making

          3rd for Chocolate Cake

          3rd for Plain scones

          3rd for Mini cake decorating

          Commended for scrapbooking (I thought I'd at least gotten third place but nope, just a commended)

By the time we got through that one pavilion Jack was champing at the bit to get stuck into the rides and games so we headed off for him to enjoy himself and enjoy himself he did.  He had a ball with all the ball games...

...boat rides (get away shark!!)...

...driving the train...with no hands...woohoooooo this ride is wild!!!...

...the merry-go-round...

...the jumping castle...

and the dogem cars with Dad which he just loved.  The last dogems ride they had was pretty rough and I thought at one stage that Jack looked as though he was about to jump out of the car to escape but after he the ride was over and we were walking away he told us that all the big bumps just made him tougher...grrrrrrr...and then he sauntered along with his hat on backwards, "the tough way".  Awwwwwwwwww, he's so adorable.

So that was the show for another year and it was great.  

Ciao