Ready or not, here we goat!!

When in doubt--celebrate everything! This weekend not only did the goats come home, but the kids both competed with their 4H visual presentations at the state level! Rebecca did hers on maple sugaring and placed 2nd and got invited back to the Big E! She also was one of 4 kids chosen to be photographed and interviewed by UMass extension. This was Sophie's first year competing at state (last year she was a cloverbud and they only do club and county). She did an awesome vp on tacking up a horse!

So naturally my mother baked a cake.
The cake baker. If you know how to rotate her please leave me a comment!
They're here! Mother and baby--mom's name was Beullah, we're calling her Bella. The baby is 2 weeks old and so far has no name. We're considering Charlotte, Shadow, Tiny Miny, and Melissa. It's not a democracy, but if you have an opinion please put it in the comments.

We came out to this this morning:

We milked Bella morning and night on our brand new milking stand. We got 2 cups each time.

Ready to Goat

puppies

Happy Spring

The forsithia were forced--there is nothing springlike about what's happening outside. There are still patches of snow and no redwing blackbirds to be seen or wood frogs to be heard.

Here's to all of us finding balance as the Earth finds hers.

I Kid You Not!

One of these little doelings and her mama are going to be ours! I am hoping to have everything all set for them her in a couple of weeks. Here are my kids with the 4 day old goat kids. Aren't they cute!

kidding around

Beulah (one of our soon to be goats) had quads tonight. I just missed the birth but arrived soon afterwards. The black babies are all girls, the white one is a boy. They are adorable. It was a miracle. They are so tiny, and they were wobbling around and bleating (baahing?) and nursing. Very, very cool.

another day, another gnome

I knit the second gnome on smaller needles and with doubled yarn to keep the stuffing from showing thru. Sophie made him a little backpack