"Horse Stick Radio"

C recently had his Kinder Stick Horse Rodeo, which C and J somehow started calling the "horse stick radio"! Each child had a family project of making and naming their very own stick horse. C's initial name for his horse was Lucky, but it later changed to Punkin. The only rules were that we had to make it, not purchase one, it had to have reins and needed to be durable because they used them for practice and other projects throughout the whole week.

The rodeo had a huge turnout and was held at the county fair grounds. And I am not exaggerating when I say that the stands were FILLED! There were 7 kinder classes that "competed" in different rodeo events. They had a grand entrance and each child and their stick horse were introduced, as they made a big lap around inside the arena. They said the pledge and sang the "Star Spangled Banner". Then they had one event that we cannot remember the name of, where one rider rode across the arena, picked up a partner and then rode back. The next one was "Shoot Out" where they had to ride up to and "shoot" at a target. They also had different teams of wagon races. I think that the group favorite had to have been the "Buckin' Bronco", where they all had to try and stay on their stick horse for 8 seconds. It was hysterical to see them all bouncing up and down on their stick horses, as if they were about to fall off! Finally, they ended the rodeo as they all sang "Proud to Be an American", waiving their American flags and had a ribbon ceremony. C was on cloud 9 as we left and for the rest of the night!