I have been having fun teaching the new goat babies to jump up on my back this week. A new generation of goat tricks. Medium picked it up quite fast. Of course a raisin here and there always helps. And the next time I went to see the goats Large got the hang of it too. It’s always a lot of fun having goat babies jumping around on you. I even had them both standing on my back at the same time, briefly.

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.

It’s been a quiet week. Nothing interesting going on really. What else is new? The weather has been quite decent. Next week we might get upwards of 20C. Now that would be something. I am looking forward to spending more times with lazy goats in the sunshine.

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.