The week started fairly normally. Went to see the goats on Monday and Tuesday. They were let out on grass and it was lovely to see the kids running around and having fun. It was less nice to see Bob tied down after most of his life spent without a collar. Freedom ain’t what it used to be. We got a brief hailstorm too. The goats didn’t like that much. Neither did I.

I staid home on Wednesday. Normally I would then go again on Thursday. But because of scheduling issues (blabla) I staid home then too. Thursday evening I got a call from Bodil. News from the playground. Mia had a baby.

What?! I know. If you think you’re surprised… I was pretty shocked. As were we all. That came completely out of the blue.

Actually, the thought had crossed my mind. I thought her teats were a little more pronounced maybe. I even, on Tuesday, put my hand on her belly to feel if there was something there. But I didn’t REALLY feel. Because it seemed preposterous. I just laughed it off. But yup. She gave birth on Wednesday. It’s pretty crazy. She’s too young to have a baby, no doubt. Her body isn’t quite ready for it. Her udder isn’t very big at all. And she’s not producing a lot of milk. Other than that she is doing well, though. And the baby is coming along. Sigrid told me that she had been very worried about him. It’s a him, yes. When I got to see him on Friday he spent most of the time lying down. Resting. But he did get up for a little, and even went outside with momma too. And he was eagerly trying to drink from her. On Saturday and Sunday I went to check up on them. Good thing I have my own key now. And the baby seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. On Sunday he was up a lot. Jumping around like a good goat baby. That was a relief to see. He’s still small. Skinny. Not sure on his feet. But he’s a fighter. And he still spends a lot of time trying to drink from Mia. At least he’s getting something. And he started nibbling on my pants too, so maybe he’ll be going for solid food soon. I didn’t go see them today, for more scheduling issues, but hopefully he’ll still be doing well when I see them tomorrow. We have all been very concerned of course. Because Mia really is too young for it. But she’s doing a great job. Very attentive and concerned. She made worried noises when people came in. But when it was just me, she calmed down. Cleaning and fussing over the baby. He’s a really beautiful boy. He’s black all over except for his head and a few small spots. So pretty. He looks like a mini-Bob! But Bob can’t have kids. Preben is the father. And also Mia’s father. That’s obviously not ideal. But it not a disaster. As long as it’s not something that’s allowed to go on unchecked. But so far so good.

He was born on Wednesday. Sigrid told me that some kids had called for her, saying that there was a birth. And she had said that that couldn’t be right, that was a month ago. But it was Mia. She was outside in the pen. Good thing it happened during work hours so the staff could help out afterwards. I imagine it must have been a shock for Mia too! But it’s so sweet to watch her with the baby. She’s a natural.

Meanwhile Mia’s brother and sister are doing great. Jolly big and fun. Fingers crossed everything will keep going well for everyone.

Now it’s late and I’m late. On with a load of pictures!

The boy looks a lot more like Bob than like Preben. Funny how that worked out!

Medium and Large saying hello to their… cousin?

And Mio saying hello. She’s a grandma now!

And videos. First a quick yawn from Mia. I do love the goat yawns.

And the babylog from Friday. My first day with the little boy.

And babylog from the weekend. The baby livelier and fun.

Also, a couple of goatlogs from before the baby arrival. Monday: youtube.com/watch?v=Pm-3GFcHRds. And Tuesday, with the hail: youtube.com/watch?v=Pm-3GFcHRds. As I said, the boy was born on Wednesday. Look at that video from Tuesday. Can you believe Mia was a day away from giving birth? Crazy.

And we’ll just finish off with a picture of Bob in the hailstorm.

Aw Bob.

Fingers crossed that this week will be good. I have an eye doctor appointment tomorrow and then hopefully good goat times with the babies and the babies’ babies.

Mia, on the other hand, is too big for it now. Without my winter coat it hurts now because she’s so heavy and her hooves so sharp. I would probably still let her do it if it wasn’t for the fact that she can’t get her balance there anymore. So she falls down. I don’t want her to get hurt. I can tell she knows it’s not working as well either, she’s not so keen on trying it anymore. She did sneak in a couple of goes on Thursday, though. When Large had been on my back and jumped down. I stayed leaned over because I thought Medium was next to us on the bench. Turns out it was Mia instead and she jumped up. Much heavier than Medium! I think seeing the babies jump up on my back so much must have made her want to do it again. She’s still my special, little girl. Even if she’s really big now.

The playhouse roof was painted white. They had to take the covering off it. I’m not sure what it was made of but the goats were eating it. So it had to go. Instead the roof was painted white, to protect it from the rain. I only wished we could have brought in some American painters. I know they do a swell job. Without the covering and with the wooden board removed from the roof it was much slipperier. Making for some fun scenes of baby goats trying to keep their balance. They never give up, though.

We have had some rain, but Monday was gorgeous with lots of sunshine and probably 20C or thereabouts. The first time I dropped my jacket althogether for just a T-shirt. I hope we’ll get a good, warm summer this year. For now I’m just glad the freezing is gone. There’s still a little wool left in Bob’s fur, but most of it is gone now. I love his beautiful, black colour. He’s like a heating pad in the sunshine.

So, onwards with pictures.

Bob trying to climb the ladder. Per and the kids were cutting down branches, and of course the goats love branches.

Large and Medium nesting in the playhouse.

I can still hold them both at the same time, just.

I love those ears on Medium.

Medium getting up on my back.

Mia keeping her tongue straight.

Mio up on the bench with her babies. I like when she goes up there. Doesn’t happen often, but it looks cute.

And a goatlog from Monday. Painted roof and water buckets and goat babies learning to climb me. Good times.

And that’s all for now.

Had fun with the goats this week too, of course. It was great seeing the babies play around with the new house. Once they figured out how to jump up on the roof, well it was just lovely to watch. Glad they got something new to play with. And on Thursday they spent some time running around outside the pen. I’m not sure if they’d been let out before, but it was the first time I got to see it at least. I love the way they sprint around. Some of the kids have been calling them Frederik and Frederikke, but Sigrid told me they haven’t picked names yet. They will probably do the same thing they did with Mia. Picking three suggestions from a hat and then voting for those three. Hopefully it won’t be too long before they have names.

But let’s just go to the photos now.

Medium and Large on top of the world. Or the house at least. While Mio keeps an eye on things.

Goats in flight! Medium jumping off the playhouse.

A mouthful of hay for Bob.

Relaxing with Bob. Love when he puts his white socks over my legs.

Always together.

Is that a camera or a raisin you got there? Oh a camera… nevermind then.

Big auntie Kamel.

Medium and Large relaxing again. I like the way Large’s legs are sprawled out like that.

Just taking a nap with Mia as a pillow!

Mama Mio.

And videos.

The first one is the goat kids playing on the rooftop. Too much fun. Lookit them go. Large was the first one to make it up there. Medium quickly followed after a couple of failed attempts.

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And goatlog from Monday and Tuesday. Crazy times with the goats. The older goats have learned a trick or two from Medium. Both Bob and Kamel started mounting each other, mimicking the humping. It’s a dominance thing of course. But it’s pretty fun to watch. Especially big Kamel. She’s usually too lazy to get all worked up like that. Bob was chasing Medium around the pen too. It always amuses me when gets up to full speed and races around. Doesn’t happen very often. He’s like a little race horse.

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And goatlog from Thursday. Dennis put the goat kids outside. It might have been their first trip outside the pen, I’m not sure. But it was fun watching them run around and explore anyway. It’s a big, wide world out there.

And that’s all for this week. See you when the sun shines.

On the goat front there has, as previously stated, been fun with the babies. They are so outgoing and delightful. It seems Medium has outgrown his shyness. He’s the one who is happiest to climb around on people and nibble at everything now. And he’s taking on all the bigger goats, nudging heads with them. He went on for 10 minutes with Bob, it was quite the sight. Not backing down unless he was forcefully pushed back. He’s a little troublemaker he is! They are both adorably cute.

And the goats got a new house! A little playhouse. I helped lift it into the pen. It was fun seeing the goats check it out. Hopefully they will have some fun with it. Maybe I can climb inside to take cover if it starts raining.. although, I’ll probably have to lose a little more weight first. Ahem. Working out in the warmer weather is wonderful. Www dot wonderful dot com. I can’t wait for summer to come. But it’s pretty good already. Feels like spring.

Now on with the pictures. There are some shots I really like this time. Fancy that.

Medium looking funny!

Mia found herself a nice spot to sit there.

She’s almost too big to jump on my back now, but she still tries whenever there’s a chance.

And there she is digging in the wheelbarrow, Mia. Once the big goats had emptied out most of the hay in there the babies jumped up and decided to sit in it. Adorable. You can see that in one of the videos below.

Mama Mio and the babies.

The babies melt together.

I think they’re supposed to eat from the bottom of the hayholder, but Mia decided to get up on the bench so she could eat from the top.

Large in charge.

Medium.. is not tedium. Mhm.

Mia is ready to move into the new house.

And videos.

Goatlog from Monday and Tuesday. Lots of cute stuff with the babies. Medium jumping on my back and nudging heads with the big goats.I can’t remember seeing a kid so eager to duel with the big boys before. I had to cut some of his duel with Bob because it just went on for too long.

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And Thursday. Medium still trying to have a go at Bob. And the new playhouse for the goats. They went to the far side of the pen and kept a suspicious watch while the house was set up. And then they slowly came over to investigate. The babies came over first, and they probably would have gone inside if it hadn’t been for the all the commotion the human kids were making. But eventually Mia was the first one to go inside. And Bob followed soon enough, if for nothing else than to get Mia to get out again. Always has to show who is the boss! I’m glad the goats have something new to interact with. Hopefully they will like it. There’s a wooden board on one side of the slanty roof so they should be able to jump up and stand there too, with a little luck. We’ll see if they dare.

And that’s all for this time. New times ahead.

Not much. And not much has happened. Well, some stuff not for public consumption. But I’m trying to deal with it.

Dad made pancakes for me yesterday. That’s the stuff. I’ll fly away on a flying pancake I will. Just watch me go. Just you wait and see.

Let’s go on with the darling goats. They are the stars of the show, anyway.

Large in profile.

Holding Large.

Holding Medium.

Finger lickin’ good! Medium takes a bite.

Sweet one of Mia.

The two-headed boy.

Almost looks like Medium is envying Mio’s beard. Probably just the branch she’s gnawing on. There’s a fun bit in the video below where Medium is trying to get at it.

I love this picture. Look at Medium’s ear! It’s nuts I tellsya.

They are so sweet together.

Happy family.

And video. Only one this time, but it’s a long one. Twenty minutes of two lovely, sunny days. Lots of sweet and funny scenes with the two babies and the rest of the gang.

That’s all. Now I’m starting up the pancake and heading off into the horizon.

Other than that there’s not much going on. It’s been fun watching the goat kids grow. Playing with human kids and themselves and crawling on mommy and me and just generally having a good time. It’s hard not to be happy when I sit with them.

Not much to say. Let’s just get on with the photos.

I love how Bob is resting his white socks on my shoe.

Mia peeking out from behind the bench.

Mia and baby sister Large.

And the whole family. With Mia a little sidelined. I can’t help feeling a little bad for her because she has to be on her own now. Mama is busy with the babies. That means Mia spends more time with Bob and Kamel. But without strong mama to guard her she is now the youngest and smallest one. She’s not the big dawg anymore. She seems to be adjusting well enough to it, though. Hardly a baby anymore.

Lovely little Large.

Me holding Large.

Lovely little Medium.

Me holding Medium.

And holding them both.

Mia in the wheelbarrow. I could probably take her home like that…

Mio drinking from the bucket, while the kids wonder if there’s anything in it for them.

Aw look at that sweet face. Large.

I love how they always sit down together.

And now videos.

First from Monday. A nice and sunny day. I love when the babies start crawling around on mama. Lots of fun cuteness.

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And Wednesday + Thursday. A couple of cold, wet and foggy days. But lovely goat babies. And human kids having fun with them as well.

And that’s all. Another week awaits. Hold my calls, I’ll be in the goat pen.

Oh and it turned out it wasn’t two boys. Large is actually a girl. That surprised me. I thought the big and brave one would be a boy for sure. But nope. A big, bold girl. And the slightly smaller Medium is a real mama’s boy. Large barely bats an eyelid at being picked up. While Medium usually calls for mama. They are both super cute, though. And have scent glands. Which is apparently rare and because they aren’t pure boers.

The playground was closed for Easter on Monday, but the rest of the week it has been lovely and springy. Almost warm and with lots of sunshine. It has been nice to be there every day and spend long hours there. I always feel a little guilty, especially when I only go two times a week in the cold winter, when I leave the goats. It’s nice to be there so much and really feel part of the goat family again. Not just enjoying the time with the babies but also with the other goats. The little ones get the most attention of course. But they are all very important to me.

It’s fun to see the kids grow. Tuesday was their first day out in the pen. Staying close to mom mostly. Then Wednesday they started exploring more. And then started running and jumping around crazily. And on Friday they really started climbing on me and nibbling at my coat. And all those things that make it superfun to sit with them.

There’s still a teacher conflict in Denmark, so lots of school kids with extra free time have been by to see the babies. And everyone loves them. Most of them are scared of the bigger goats, though. So I get lots of chances to help the (human) kids when they come in the pen. That always makes me happy. The attention is a little much for Mio sometimes, though. You can tell when she gets a little annoyed or frustrated or nervous. She starts making those concerned mommy sounds. And if kids keep crowding her babies then she sometimes lashes out. Swinging her head to butt or bite at them. Some of the kids get completely scared by that because they think the huge goat is attacking them. Others just laugh and step away. She doesn’t chase after them or anything. Just sends the message “get away from my babies now”. The staff had to put a sign up on the gate to the pen saying that people aren’t allowed to go in without permission, so not to stress the little ones constantly. Luckily I still have permission to go in!

The other goats all have their own ways of reacting to the new arrivals. Mia seemed mildly curious at first. Of course she was very sad the first days when she had to be separated from her mama. Now they aren’t separated anymore but it’s obvious that Mio is spending her time with the new ones. And Mia seems to be adjusting fine to that. Starting to spend more time with the other goats. She seems a little annoyed that the new kids get all the attention, though. Not butting them but sometimes pushing them away a little when they get upclose.

Bob isn’t a fan. He demands respect. He will chase them around the pen if they come too close. And sometimes when I sit with them on the bench he’ll come over and try to chase them away too, but unlike Mia he can’t just get them to run away. Because they’re so small that I have a good hold on them. So he’ll try to chew or paw at them. You can see in one of the videos how he made one of them yelp out loud. I feel a little bad that I have to hold his mouth away or push him off the bench. But I do make up for it and he gets his share of attention. I like “roughhousing” with him. Having him jump up on me, grabbing a hold of him, pushing him away and then he comes back with a wagging tail hoping for raisins. He has to be careful when he’s after the kids, though. If Mio sees it then retaliation swiftly follows. If you have watched the videos where I feed the goats you know how she can growl at the others. And if Bob has a go at her babies she’ll growl like that too and come full force butting and pushing him away. He doesn’t learn, though, Bob. Keeps doing it.

Kamel has learned. She will also butt her head at the kids if they come too close. But she doesn’t chase them or seek them out. She seems to realise that she’ll get in trouble with Mio. Sometimes she’ll be sitting down and the kids will come over to her. And you can almost tell that she’s thinking “oh great, now Mio will be here shortly” so she gets up and walks away. Some might say she’s too lazy to be chasing the kids around. People keep asking if she’s pregnant too. But Per and Sigrid keep saying that she’s not. “She’s just fat”. Rude! She’s definitely the mellowest of the goats. You can see in a couple of the videos how she’s sitting in the sun making tired groany sounds. I thought it sounded like she was tired and pregnant. But I guess not. I’m surprised that after all that time with Preben around she hasn’t gotten pregnant. Quite a conundrum. I heard Sigrid asking Kurt if he had a buck. Maybe they’ll try again. She also told me that it was too bad Kamel wasn’t having babies because it would have been good for her to have someone to care for. That’s exactly what I was thinking. I think having a baby would help settle her in the flock and make her more confident. She has gotten better since I started working with her, though. She doesn’t shy away from me as much. Often asking for treats and scratches. There was a group of international students who came by and a couple of them came into the pen to see the little ones. And Kamel snuck up behind them and sniffed at them. I think you can see that in one of the videos. And she let them pet her too. But I still would like to see her have babies some time.

I think that’s all the writing. Let’s get on with pictures and videos. Lots of them. It’s been great being with the goats so much this week but also draining with all the human interaction and my back horribly hurting and just being out and about for so long every day. And then coming home so tired with not much time and with tons of pictures and footage to edit and upload. My work never ends! I had no time to exercise until the weekend. Managed 106 minutes yesterday and 111 minutes today on the bike. Have to keep that up too. Anyway, on with pictures.

Sigrid in the middle, with two girls that we were helping get to know the goat babies.

Mio inside with her babies. When they’re all tired from running around and plaing they eventually go inside and rest in the shade.

I love when they’re so small that you can hold them both at the same time.

Medium striking a pose.

It looks like Large just woke up from a trippy dream. While Medium is not disturbed.

Happy, little smiley goats in my arms.

Guiding her babies around the pen.

Looks like Medium took a nosedive there.

Holding the babies while Mio keeps watch.

Medium pulling a funny face.

Tabletop fun. Or tablebottom I guess, since it’s upside down..

Sif, in the arms of Bodil, meeting Medium, in the arms of Sigrid. Sif is crazy about the kids. Bodil says that she insists on going by the playground on their walks. And the couple of times we held up one of the kids for her she was quite thrilled and licking and sniffing at the baby. Very sweet.

Bob, Kamel and Mia enjoy some quiet time while the babies get all the attention.

Hans the handyman is building a new hayholder for the goats. And Bob is helping.

Hans and Sigrid working on the new hayholder, while Kamel rests her feet on the cinderblock. I put it up there with the wooden plank leading up to it. So the kids have something to jump around on. They quite like it. And Medium especially seems to enjoy sitting on the block itself. Often in amusingly odd positions. See below.

Look at that ear. Horizontal. Medium has crazy ears, like Mia did. Sometimes they stick out like TV antennas, sometimes they fall back like bunny ears. Love them.

Fun and games.

Look at those sweet faces.

Bob decided to sit down under the hatch. I was half expecting the babies to jump out on him. But Mio got him chased off before they came back out. You can see that in one of the videos too.

Sigrid, the kids and the goats admiring the finished hayholder.

What a fancy new hayholder we got!

Bob takes it for a test drive.

Medium found a funny position to sit down.

And a couple of boys came over to pet him.

And videos.

First off Tuesday. The babies a week old and taking their first steps outside in the great, big world. Starting with the pen.

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And Wednesday. The kids really starting to run and jump and play with each other. Lovely.

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And Thursday. Even more fun as the kids slowly get more adventurous.

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And finally Friday. The kids even more courageous, starting to climb on me now.

And that’s all. Phew! I know it’s a lot. I won’t blame you if you skip some.

Now ahead to a new week. Hopefully the rollercoaster will keep going upwards.

Mio had babies. On Wednesday I joked on Facebook that I was going to go ask her if she could wait until after the Easter holiday, because the playground would be closed. But it turned out I would not get the chance to ask her that because when I arrived at the playground she had already given birth to three lovely, little Easterbunny babies. I hadn’t been there Tuesday, but Sigrid said that she’d known on Tuesday that the babies would come. And when she checked on the goats Wednesday morning there they were.

When I got there they had closed off the goat house to give the new ones some peace. But I was let in so I could be with them. Two boys and a little girl. They were different sizes, so I nicknamed them Large, Medium and Tiny. And Tiny really was tiny. Small and weak compared to her two brothers. Sigrid asked me to keep an eye on her, to see if she was drinking from Mio. They were worried she wasn’t getting any milk. I did see her a drink a little, though. So she was getting some. It was a lovely day. Just sitting with Mio and the babies. Mia was howling outside either because she didn’t like being seperated from her mama, or because she thought maybe they were being fed inside and she wasn’t getting anything. But it was a great day with people coming to see the new babies and everything seemed good apart from the concern about Tiny’s size and strength. Well, you can probably guess where this is going.

The real problems started Thursday. The playground was closed for the holidays but Sigrid had swapped shifts with the guy who was supposed to come feed the animals and we had agreed on what time she would come so I could show up too. Get a couple of hours with the babies while Sigrid did the feeding and chores. While I was sitting with them I noticed that Mio wasn’t letting Tiny drink anymore. The day before it had been a question of whether Tiny was managing to get anything, but now Mio was actively preventing it. She was pushing her away, even butting her and sending her half flying at one point. She was rejecting the little girl. I told Sigrid about it and she could tell there was something wrong too. We tried forcing Mio to let Tiny drink from her. Basically I had Mio in a headlock to stop her from moving away and Sigrid coaxed Tiny to drink. We did that three times and did manage to get a lot of milk in her. It wasn’t easy, though. Mio is strong as heck.

So at that point we weren’t sure what was going to happen. Sigrid was going off to Copenhagen I think, for the holiday I guess. There was some talk of one of Sigrid’s friends taking Tiny home with her to bottlefeed her. To begin with Alice came in during the evening and fed her with a bottle and they were all left together. I came back in Friday morning and Tiny seemed to be doing a little better, although Mio was still rejecting her. But then things went really bad and I don’t feel like writing about that again, so I’m just going to copy my Facebook post about it:

So. I really thought I’d be coming home with good news today. Because Tiny seemed to be doing a little better. Mio was still rejecting her, but she seemed to be coping. We were going to leave her there and just come in with extra milk in bottles for her. Alice gave me my key to the playground and I stayed behind when everyone left after an hour’s time. There were a couple of girls who stayed too to cuddle the babies. When they left I staid for another couple of hours on my own. I was holding Tiny and when I sat her down she couldn’t stand on her legs. I picked her up again and she was struggling to breathe. Her little tongue started poking out and it was all wrong. I didn’t know what to do. She wasn’t breathing. I started like massaging her body and giving her mouth-to-mouth. But I don’t even know how to give mouth-to-mouth to a human, much less a little goat. I have no idea if I e ven did it close to right. She would draw a tiny, struggling breath every now and then but she was almost completely unresponsive. I didn’t have the phone number of any of the playground staff. But I did have Bodil’s number on my phone. I had to get a magnifier out of my wallet and I misdialled my brother I think before I managed to choose her in the menu. Inside in the dark, almost blind. I can’t read my phone menu and I didn’t want to put Tiny. And I was probably still panicking. Bodil said she’d call Sigrid and then she’d put her clothes on and come down immediately. She was there probably 5-10 minutes later. When she stepped inside I was still trying to give mouth-to-mouth. She took one look at Tiny and told me that it was over. No use. I’m not sure if she was dead but she was too far gone for sure. I just couldn’t give up until someone told me to, you know? We sat down on a bale of hay. I held Tiny. Stroked her back. Bodil stroked her face and was saying comforting things. And we just sat like that for a while. Trying to comfort her if there was still anything left of her senses. Bodil held my hand too. Gave me a tissue to wipe away the tears and snot. I held her little lifeless body in my hands. I don’t know if I have ever felt as bad before.
Bodil asked me if I needed some time alone with her. And I said yes. So she went outside. There were some kids outside, the two girls who had been inside with me earlier were there too. I heard Bodil tell them what had happened and tell them not to go in. And I sat with Tiny for a little. Told her I was sorry. Mio was making snorting sounds, like they do when there’s danger. She clearly sensed that something was wrong. She had licked Tiny clean earlier, but I don’t know if that was just because I spilled milk from the bottle over her… I don’t know.
Bodil came back in and hugged me. Sigrid hadn’t responded to the messages yet. She might be in Copenhagen already. So we couldn’t get in touch with anyone. We had to wrap her body up in the towel I had used to dry her earlier. And put her in the back of the room, where no one can get to her. I assume by now Bodil will have managed to get a hold of Sigrid and she will have contacted Alice and the others. So they’ll now. And take care of things. I was supposed to go in tomorrow again. But I don’t think I can now. It’s too much. Maybe I will stay home for Easter and go back when the playground opens again on Tuesday. Or maybe I’ll try to to go in on Sunday. I don’t know.
Bodil and i walked out together. Talked a little. She told me that she had known that Tiny couldn’t make it. That she was just too small and weak. Like she had been prematurely born. And she told me that she was glad that I had been there with Tiny when she passed so she wasn’t alone.

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Yeah. So now it’s a couple of days later. I am starting to feel better. At least the worst shock is out of my system. I bought icecream and chocolate. I exercised and read. I installed retrogamebases. I am still sad, but just trying to forget the worst moments. Bodil has called to check up on me once. She is a wonderful woman, I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t been able to call her when it happened.

I’m going to go back tomorrow. The holiday will be over. I know seeing the goats will help me feel better. And there are still two little baby boys to help take care of. Hopefully they are doing okay. I just had to stay home for a couple of days to get over the worst.

Now I’m going to post a bunch of pictures. They were supposed to be super happy of course, now they are more bittersweet. But still lovely, I hope.

Mio with her babies. You can sort of tell the different sizes. On the left is Large. He is big and brave and outgoing already. White with just some brown on his ears and the sides of his face. On the right it’s Tiny and Medium. They look very much alike, apart from their sizes. They are both sort of dirty-white. The only other difference is that Tiny had a little brown tail. Looked adorable when it was wagging back and forth.

The little family again, this time with Large sitting on the right.

Mio looking at her babies.

Tiny’s brown tail turned to the camera. While Medium’s tail is the same colour as his body.

Little Large.

Shaping up to be the alpha male.

Me holding Large.

Little Medium.

Holding Medium.

Large sitting down. You can see the difference between Medium and Tiny there.

Large at the forefront again.

Medium and Tiny.

Tiny. Slightly weirdly positioned. She wasn’t very coordinated…

Tiny all scrunched up.

Tiny quiet time.

Holding Tiny.

Sigrid holding Large.

Mio and the kids.

me sitting with the kids.

Little Tiny.

Mia looking in on the new siblings.

And just finishing off with a couple of pictures of Mia from before the kids were born.

Hanging on the bench.

Looks like she’s trying to teach me how to yodel.

And a couple of videos. The first one is from Wednesday, the first day of the little babies. It’s almost 25 minutes, so quite long. Just a bunch of sweetness and cuteness.

And then a video from day two. Shorter but still cute.

And that is all. Back to reality tomorrow.

The weather forecast says we’ll be getting temperatures above zero now so that’s nice. The snow will probably stay on the ground for a while, though. But hopefully spring will come back soon. Only a week away from April. It needs to warm up.

Other than that there’s not much new. Some health regime news. But ehh. Too boring. A thank you to Debster, I got the card! Thank you very much to you and the gang. Lovely card. Oh I just noticed I still have the christmas decoration you sent me hanging from the drawer in my TV table. How merry!

Now let’s get jolly with the goats.

Bob looking up at the cold, white stuff falling on him. The sky appears to be falling, Mr Lasse.

Falling on goats and men alike.

Snow or sleet, Kamel must smile.

Mia exploring in the snow.

Mio in the snow. She’s getting quite wide now.

Sille at the gate.

Walking in the snow.

Walking in the snow.

Walking in the snow. Descriptive!

And videos.

First a little one of Bob in the snow. As I said, shaking the snow off his back. Love it to bits.

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Goatlog from Monday. With the fierce wind. The goats just wanted to be let inside. Baahing loudly. It was pretty much the loudest I have ever seen Kamel. Or heard, I guess. She doesn’t talk much but she has a sweet voice. It’s funny how loud little Mia is compared to the others. Like a little fog horn. I like Mia’s little double take when Per came to the fence. She was baahing and then he startled her and then she kept baahing.

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And goatlog from Thursday. With lots of falling snow.

And that’s about all. Ready for the reboot.

I was supposed to have foot therapy on Monday, but it got moved to Tuesday. I had the big, yearly checkup so it took a couple of hours. It was downwards of -10C in the morning. Brrr. I still have wounds from blisters on my heels from new shoes blabla. That’s boring. Other than that nothing too new. My foot therapist has moved and is now located literally almost next door to the playground. So that’s a lot easier for me. I could just pop right over and spend time with the goats after I was done with the foot treatment. Unfortunately the playground closed early that day because the staff was away. So I only got a couple of hours in. But that was still nice. Especially after the sun came out.

My birthday was on Friday, but I celebrated with the folks on Thursday for scheduling reasons. I started off going to the playground and spending a good, lovely time with the goats. Again very cold until the sun peeked out. Then I went to my parents’ place for dinner. It was nice seeing their new apartment with the sun shining. I felt like I could actually see the place this time. A good little time with good food. Goats and family, that’s a nice birthday celebration. On Friday I got a bunch of nice birthday wishes on Facebook which made me jolly happy.

As a special birthday treat, here is a photo of a photo of my brother and I, circa 198choo.

I’m on the right. I like our overalls. Hah.

Anyway, now I’m too tired to write. And ready for spring to begin. Let’s get on with pictures.

Bob pondering his escape. He _could_ get through there if he was properly motivated. He’s done it once before. When Mio and Mia were taken from the pen and he was left back there with Preben. He did not like that one bit, and he managed to jump through the fence. But he doesn’t seem to want to do it again, even though every now and then he goes to the fence like that and looks out. Maybe there’s too much mud outside. And big horsies.

Speaking of. The goats aren’t the only ones who like to sit down in the sunshine. Fernando did it too.

And Kamel.

Kamel and I.

Hold me closer, tiny jumper.

Aah, sunshiney!

Mio and Mia enjoying the sun.

Hello Mia!

Still standing on my back.

The girls.

And videos.

Goatlog from Tuesday. As I mentioned, they closed early. At the end you can see the goats being let in. And the fight for the food buckets begin. This is why the goats always baah when they hear people inside. They think it’s time to come in and get fed. Not like they don’t get food when they’re outside! But there’s never enough food if you’re a goat.

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And from Thursday. Before my birthday dinner. Mia was quite loud. And it was very cold. But thankfully the sun came out eventually. A couple of kids came into the pen to say hi to the goats. The older one was kind of goating (harhar) the younger one to go in and pet Mia. There’s a funny bit where Bob is sneaking up on her from behind and the older girl said “watch out!” and the younger girl turned around and saw Bob and yelped and ran away to safety.

And that’s all for today. Here’s to the future.