Goat Kidding 2010- Part 1

Kidding season 2010 has come, whether we like it or not!  

Both Maggie and Kyra had their babies on Wednesday, April 14th- Maggie at around 5 in the morning and Kyra at about 4 in the afternoon.

Maggie had one boy, then had great difficulty with the next kid in line.  She worked for around three hours, and by the time we got help, the baby was dead.  While we were standing around talking about it afterwards, one more kid came.  Triplets!

This is Lancelot (The boy)

And this is Princess (the preemie girl.)  Cute!

Later, Kyra had twin girls right as I got home from school.  Finally a few does!

This is Pepper (Girl #1)

And this is Parsley (Girl #2).  Adorable!

Spring Break: Day 1

Spring Break started this Friday, but things didn't really get going until Sunday when Dad, Cashew, Pistachio, and Corn Nut left for Nevada to visit the Fallon Boys.  

They were so excited!  This left my mom, Chestnut, and me home to relax.  We had a blast!  I don't know if it was exactly relaxing, but it was extremely fun.  So this is yesterday, from the beginning:

We started off the day by getting our work done, having a flop quiche turned into a delicious scramble for breakfast, and getting some independent study courses done which we were way behind on.  From there, we decided that Jack was bored and depressed, so we took him on a walk in the hills.  Unfortunately, I took no pictures.  It was really fun and we talked about politics the whole time.  

After the walk, we dropped Jack off at home and headed off to lunch at Dixie's Diner, a fun little 50's themed restaurant with delicious shakes.  Since I took no pictures here either, here's a family picture taken there a few years ago. 

See the shakes?  It was delicious.

We continued the adventure by heading off to the library and checking out about a gazillion books and movies.  Mom suddenly realized that I haven't read for fun in about a year, and soon she checked out four books for me to read.  I have my hands full :) .

After the library, we headed into grandma's house and made a gazillion tortillas to go with our gazillion books.  We flipped tortillas and talked about England, and grandma showed me the finished skirt that she's been making for me.  It was a blast! 

We got home late, but decided to watch Casablanca anyway.  Neither Chestnut or I had seen it, and Mom decided that wasn't acceptable.

It was delightful!  I think it's my new favorite movie.  

Hopefully I'll take more pictures to document Spring break day two.

St. Patrick's Day

Isn't it wonderful to actually be able to see GREEN on St. Patrick's Day?  I LOVE IT.  Let me tell you- just because Idaho gets into spring just about now, St. Patrick's day has to be one of my favorite holidays.  More on Green later. . . . lot's more on green.  But I have to say, being able to wear crocs and sit on the ground is amazing.

Oh- and don't you love the big picture?  Cocoa helped me with that.

Adios,

Goat Kidding 2009- Part 3

This is the kidding we were all in anticipation for- not because we were excited- because we were dreading it.  Last year the mom, Shadow-Lou, had two tiny babies and then had no clue what to do with them.  Therefore, they died.  Find the rest of the story here.

But this year the improvement was supreme.  On April 20 she easily had two beautiful babies- a boy and a girl, and she is being a good momma now.  The only problem was that when she was kidding, she refused to push.  It wasn't like she couldn't, she just wouldn't.  So we had to help out.  My dad says that if she ever does that again we're getting rid of her.  :)

But all's well that ends well.

Here is Shadow with her two babies, Chaldie and Un-named.  I would absolutely love it if you put a name suggestion for Mr. Buck here in the comments section.  We name Chaldie "Chalcedony" after the tradition of her father, "Carbide."  So I think we're going with the rock/mineral trend with these two kids.  The buck is an absolute doll.  He is the cutest, friendliest thing you could ever meet.

Shadow-Lou with Chaldie (Black Female).  The un-named back is the brown kid in the picture above this one.

More later, but feel free to vote on the 'cutest kid' right now and change your vote once you've seen all of the prospects.

Stay tuned for the last, and most exciting, part 4.

Goat Kidding 2009- Part 2

The second kidding of the year went beautifully.  The momma, Kyra, usually has a hard time, but luckily we were there and helped out a little and everything went well.  She had two beautiful little baby does on Saturday, April 18th.

It's hilarious.  She's kind-of a scrub, but she always raises these kids that almost shine they're so amazing.  :)   Aren't they darling?

This is Nellie 

And this is Rosie.

What a cutie pie!

So now we have two batches of kids in the barn.  

Stay tuned for round three. . . . 

Happy St. Pat's!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I hope everyone's had a great one.  This is kind of off topic, but in a way, it has a lot to do with it.  St. Patrick's day is right before spring officially starts.  Here in Idaho, we're only beginning to see the first of the spring winds.  But right about now is the time that everyone goes crazy with spring fever.  

My mom's ordered about a gazillion seeds from herb catalogs.

My Dad's planning the pastures.

I'M looking forward to the goats kidding.

But St. Patrick's day is themed on GREEN.  It, in my opinion, is the trumpet-blower for spring arriving and things being GREEN again.  I about went crazy with delight when I heard birds singing again.  I hadn't missed it all winter- but now I couldn't live without it!  I'm looking forward to the summers when we can go to spots like THIS.

Isn't Idaho lovely???

And the Summer skies. . . Ahh. . .

The only problem is. . .

Right now. . .

It looks like this.  Mud.  Oh Well.

Winter's Here

In acknowledgment of Winter Solstice, yesterday, here's a little poem for all of you Winter fanatics:

Spring has Sprung

Fall has Fell

Now it's Winter and it's colder than- well. . . .