Ronda Comes For Goat Duty

Ronda was scheduled to help with the 8PM feeding (gee, sounds like a babies schedule).  I text her and said that the boys wanted to play could she come early.  She said she would be right over.  And then she was at the front door.

I love it!  She was so excited.  I think I heard her squeal a few times!

They loved her too.  Really loved her!

And they ever put on a show.  At one point all three of them were in my girls resting boxes  I thought EffieGrace was going to go into cardiac arrest right there on the spot.  I have a feeling that I am in for a heap of trouble with these three.  And I am going to love every minute of it!

Boogie's Boo-Boo

Well, I guess you can say that boys will be boys.  Sometimes they get a little rough.  Or his head was itching and he rubbed off his scab have they disbudded him.

A Graduate Returns

Marli can hardly stand it that her sister gets to see the goats and the chickens every day.  So every once in awhile she talks her dad into brings her to pick up her sister.  Today was one of those days.

Boot was having none of it!  Maybe next time.  And I was so afraid that she was going to get her pretty dress filthy!

Pappy's Girls After The Rain

Pappy's Girls are growing up...ever so slowly.

Bertha

Leona

Amelia

Gladys

Martha

Agnes

Ruby

Cornelia

Cooper And His Family

I see Cooper every day after school, except for Wednesdays.  He is so excited about this little farm but not so much with touching the animals.  He has lots of questions, some of which I have no answer for.  The feeding schedule is in place and we have families coming almost every night Cooper's entire family came down last night to help feed the goats, watch them play and help put them to bed.  The boys ate very well.  Didn't feel must like playing.  And were ready for bed.  We had just had some rain so everything was wet and muddy.  They all came in their chicken shoes :).

It was fun sharing the boys with them.  They have actually helped with the goats.  We made a large 'playground' for them from stumps from Mike and Marji's yard.

Milk Mustaches

I love this little sweet face.  And he loves his bottle!  Best eater ever.

I think we have started a bad habit.  Scoot won't eat unless you hold him.

Boot is always the last to finish.  Slow but sure.

Check out those milk mustaches.

Fiona Comes To Visit

When you have been sick for so long that you have lost 3 pounds....and you get sick again, you get to take a few days off.  And besides Emmy hit me up for some of my glass treasures (you know the ones that they have tried to get me to throw away) for teacher Appreciation at Hyde Park School.  So they stopped by, but don't let Fiona's brother and sister know.  They will be just a little upset that she got to see the boys first.

Scoot was the first one to greet her.  Fiona wasn't too sure about the whole meet and greet thing.

And of course, Boot jumps right up in her lap.  He has to be the sweetest little animal on the planet!

Oh no, there goes one of the Japanese Maples.

But by the end of their quick visit, I think Fiona was in love.  And she got to see how much her chicken, had grown.

Chillin' With The Boys

I have a little morning routine when I walk out to the Big Girls and The Little Girls open their door and set them free.  I check for eggs first thing.  This morning there were three waiting for me, one blue, one green and one light pink.  I love a good Easter basket full of eggs.  Then Pappy's Girls come out.  And then the fun begins

The boys eat like they haven't been fed for months and then the are off running and jumping all over the place.  They crack me up!

Today they discovered Binker, the rabbit.

They also started on the weeds (and flowers) in the City Park Garden.

 Scoot reminds me of one of the dogs that you see in that famous Dog Show that is on TV every year.

They love the wood pile.

Boogie likes to check out the chickens.

Always climbing!

If you look really close you can see a little pink tongue....I think someone is tasting my pansies.

Now this I never expected!  but I guess I should have guessed it would happen.

Yep, all the way in!

I think Boogie told the other two he had a really cool place to play Hind and Seek!  Pappy's Girls may never lay a single egg.

Ella helping herself to a little chicken water.

EffieGrace hiding the best she can.

Ella sure is a good old farm dog.  She checks everyone out.  Cleans up after them and then watches them play.  She gets along w ith them all but the boys aren't too sure about her yet.  Which seems really funny to me because she is about the size of the older goats on Digging Deeper Farm.

Can you guess what Boot is doing?

I think that Pappy is going to have some bare backed burning bushes

A new flavor of flower for the day.

Hiding while tasting the bushes.

Pappy's Girls are getting bigger.

I saved this picture until last because it bothers me.  I first saw this when I went out for the second seeding.  I immediately sent Lisa a text.  HELP! What do I do?  I am sure she chuckled because the text I got back was...

'Seems like he just busted his scab off too soon.  Should be fine.  You can put some ointment on it if it makes you feel better.  He was probably butting heads with the other boys.  It happens.' 

He's fine.  Hasn't changed anything about his day.