Tractor Pull Winners

This is Haddi and her bestest bestest friend Abbie who lives down the stree. They play together quite a bit and Abbie is a really great kid. She is almost 2 years older than Haddi, but has taken it upon herself to use her "oldness" to show Haddi new things (shoe tying, writing your name, drawing the sun, etc.) They get along really well and like each other. Somehow I volunteered to be in charge of public relations and media for the annual Sugarbeet Festival (in a moment of insanity) and so on the day of the festival I was to be there all day with Haddi (ALL Day from 8am to 5 pm). So, to ease the pain for all of us, we invited Abbie to go along. They had an absolute blast doing all the fun events, dancing, face painting, bouncing in the bouncers, tasting sugar beets, and last but not least, participating in the pedal tractor pull. Basically the kid gets on a pedal tractor that is loaded with weights. As they pedal forward, the weights move up this sliding scale that makes the tractor heavier and heavier the farther you pedal. The person with the longest pull (most distance) wins. Haddi and Abbie both took first place - nevermind that they were the only girls in the category, thus ensuring them a blue ribbon but hey - they were proud nontheless!