I didn’t really take pictures of the goats that I
got the girls for 4-H yesterday
We had to come home and fix up a pen for them and we had bottle babies who were both hungry and apparently inexperienced with the bottle. Or at least the bottles we were offering. It got dark. I had to wait until today to get pictures. Plus, we knew the girls were coming over, so we would be taking pictures anyway.
Cameron spent his Sunday riding around on the KC streetcar. He said it was a lot of fun and he stopped off at several places and checked them out. I will have to join him next time, seems like a lot of fun to me.
But not for a few weeks, because we have babies to feed and goats to tame down.
Evelyn fed Easton’s goat. This guy who doesn’t have an official name yet, but who have been calling Dale jr is a great eater and is super sweet and likes to be snuggled and scratched.
Wrenley named her goat Whitey. She loves him! A super excited, super sweet love that brought me so much joy. She is flat out proud of her baby! His disbudding of horns gave her some concern, but having goat’s without horns to catch in fences is a great thing!
Gruff ate better today, seems to have found his hungry and figured out that he can suck. Which is good, because on school days we don’t have hours to work his jaw for him.
Harper picked out this brown goat that we will have to wether. Of the bigger ones we got yesterday, he is the friendliest.
Saige picked the brown doe with the speckles. Evelyn picked this more traditional doe, but she does have some dappling in her face. She’s adorable. Evelyn named her goat Stitch. Harper and Saige are still deciding.
Evie, being the excited new 4-H kid, jumped right in today teaching Stitch to walk. It was a tough go, but these early days and hours of frustration are life altering and beneficial for everyone. And I say that from the bottom of my heart.
I’m glad she’s excited and super happy that we get a front row seat to her 4-H career.
When we were done playing goat farm, Harper and I ran to her CWF meeting. I know she is out of her comfort zone in these meetings where they force public speaking and group bonding and projects. But I am impressed with her for doing it anyway. Life altering and beneficial. I’m sad the weekend flew by so fast when we were having so much fun, but this is a short week and then the girls are onto spring break!
