Sheep Lead

All three kids participated in the Sheep Lead during the Fair!  They love doing this and I enjoy making and helping them create their outfits for themselves and their sheep.  :)

Jacob was quite the character during the Sheep Lead.  He dressed up as Pistol Pete (mascot for the University of Wyoming).  We dressed his sheep up as Cowboy Joe (the horse that is kind of a secondary mascot at football games).  The mustache was a huge hit with everyone and his silly star of the show personality shined brightly!  His picture even made the front page of the Buffalo Bulletin.  He won the "Most Humorous!" award.  :)  I made his vest out of brown wool and Joe's Aunt Diane did the embroidery.

Walking towards the judges.

The judges asked to see the back of his vest...so of course he poses with his hand on hip and butt sticking out.  This is about the point where I lost it and couldn't take anymore pictures because I was laughing so hard!

Very tired boy when it was all done!

He had a second wind with the sucker he won!

Gabi wore her "hippy" outfit.  She made the black shirt out of wool and added the pompoms and colorful stitching.  We made it using a vintage 70's pattern that we found.  She made a pair of jeans that were too tight for her into bell bottoms to go with the shirt.  Her lamb had a matching blanket.  She won 2nd place!  She also won 1st place in the "Make It With Wool" contest for her shirt.

Maya wore the felted wool owl costume that we made last year for Halloween.  We made her lamb a blanket out of the same wool that had pockets for her favorite book series..."The Owl Diaries."  She cut out and made lots of little owls that covered the blanket.  I didn't get a very good picture of the blanket.  She won the "Most Creative" award.