Pedal pull in Brownton

We haven't really gone to many pedal pulls. Sierra has 3 trophies and Mercedes has 4 for this year. Oh, I suppose we went to 6 pulls because Mercedes has not placed in 2 pulls this season. The kids were up North with mom and dad and they arrived home last night. There was a pull in Brownton so I asked them if they wanted to go and of course they did! Lincoln started to cry when he found out he couldn't pull. I felt horrible for him! I did tell him that this weekend at ours, he can pull and he seemed to be happy about that. :0)

Anyway, Mercedes was first and she was #7 puller out of 8. There was a full pull, then there was a kid who went 45' something and the next kid was around 39'. The other kids didn't even come close, so we knew she needed to beat the 39'. She got on and pedaled and pedaled and ended up getting 3rd place so we were so excited for her!!

We waited for the other age groups and omg, the kids in Sierra's group were really big! My goodness! She was all excited and nervous. She was bouncing around while waiting in line. She was #12 out of 13! The "big/ugly" girl was there again. Her name is Kirstin and she is big and she is somewhat ugly. I know I shouldn't make fun of her, but we do. I told Sierra that it's ok that she's bigger than Sierra, but at least Sierra has the looks. :) That always makes her smile. Anyway, "big girl" went and she got a full pull and was just acting like an idiot afterwards. Acted like she was untouchable. Whatever. There was this cute girl that was in between "big girl" and Sierra and she was adorable. Anyway, she got a full pull. I have remembered her from other pulls, but I can't remember where she's from. I was cheering for her I just wanted her to get a full pull, too! At least she could tie with Kirstin. lol. There were many other kids who got close to full pulls. Sierra was so nervous and she was bouncing around. It was her turn and she got on the tractor and was pedaling her little heart out. I could totally tell her attitude was in it. She wanted a trophy. She got 1/2 way and her foot slipped off the pedal and the audience all said, "Oooooh", including me. I thought she was done. She came to a dead stop. When the kids are pulling, it's tough to start up again because you have momentum before when you start. Her other foot never left the pedal so the guys told her she could keep going, so I started yelling to her and my goodness she got a FULL PULL!!!! I was soooo proud of her!!! Honestly, I couldn't believe it. After that, I was just in shock. She ended up having to pull again against the other 2 girls. Cute girl got 1st, big girl got 2nd and Sierra got 3rd. I was sooo proud of her! I couldn't believe it. I was so happy cute girl beat big girl! Jon said that big girl got sooo mad and threw her trophy down and just cried and cried. What a joke. Bad sportsmanship, huh? Ick. Big girl's mom is icky, too. She needs to learn she can't win them all, you know? Be happy you even got 2nd. There were other kids who didn't get any. Kirstin definitely needs to grow up. We told Sierra we were just so proud of her. Don't worry, we also kept telling Mercedes that, too.

Peace.