Pig Scramble!

This morning, our youngest announced that he was going to catch a pig at the Oxford Fair Pig Scramble. After all, tomorrow he will be 8 and too old.

As soon as school was over, I picked them up and we headed for the fair. The weather was a bit wet, but we didn't let it dampen our spirits! We were so excited about whether or not he would be able to actually catch a pig!! They're quick, and squirmy!! And also, there were a lot of other kids signed up - too many - only 12 would have their name drawn. We were really nervous that they wouldn't even call his name!

Finally, the time arrived and they called his name. Phew! That's one step closer, now he just had to actually catch a pig...12 kids...only 10 pigs...

They set the baby pigs free, gave each child a burlap bag and told them to go catch some pigs! What a crazy, hilarious sight!! Piggies running every which way, kids diving on them and missing. Our son got a bit frustrated after falling multiple times and missing pigs, but he got back into it. The look on his face when he grabbed for one and actually snagged its leg (Just like I told him to!) was priceless! He was just as shocked as the piggie, but he held on for dear life until someone came to help him put it into the bag. He was sooooo proud!!

(I wish this picture was better, but with the lighting in the arena being so poor, I couldn't zoom in. This kid in blue isn't our son, he's against the back wall holding the pig by its leg.)

As soon as he could, he called both of his grandmothers and told them all about it. He even put the phone up to the bag so that my mother could hear it grunting. Too cute!

Then, because we wanted to spend the rest of the evening enjoying the fair, we put the piggie back into the pen with his siblings, only this time he was decorated with Ike's favorite number, '7'. We watched some of the Demolition Derby and then our favorite, the bullriding!