Reunited...

And it feels so good! I brought Purl home from the breeders' place yesterday. It is great to have her home. All my babies under one roof. Ok, well maybe not exactly.


She was glad to be back too I think. You can't tell it now, but she and Darla were pretty happy to be with each other again. Darla stuck pretty close to her yesterday evening. I think she was telling Purl never to leave her alone with a ram again.


Don't they just look thrilled to have her home?


The breeders saw Purl bred, luckily. She was bred on September 21, so that would give her a due date of February 13th. Darla was bred on October 8th, and June was bred on October 15th. Darla didn't come back into heat, so I'm hoping she's definitely bred. If June comes back into heat, it won't be until November 5th. Darla's lambing date should be around March 3rd, and June's will be March 14th. I'll be taking blood samples this weekend to send to Biotracking to get them preg checked. I like knowing for sure if they're bred.

Now comes the hardest part....waiting!

Trick-or-Treat!

The kids had fun trick or treating this year. We drove to a nearby neighborhood since we're in a rural area.

Devin wanted to be a ninja, and Kylee decided she wanted to be a bloody bride. Yep, she's 5 and came up with that idea by herself.


Her grandmother made this costume and they glued all kinds of bugs, worms, and mice on the dress. It was pretty funny.






Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

Fun Schoolwork

Devin doesn't love most schoolwork, but I'll say he seemed to have fun making this project! His class went to the Museum of Natural History and they had to make a project based on facts they learned from the museum. They had to chose from several different displays. Devin chose the dinosaur display.



He made this diorama by himself, with just a little guidance from me. He decided where everything went, cut everything out, and glued everything (except for a few little hot glue things I did). He even drew the pterodactyl by himself!

He was very proud of it and I think he did a great job. I had a lot of fun too!

Elmer and Buford Go to Town

A couple of weekends ago David and I took Elmer and Buford to town for a little socialization. We admit we've been a little lax about making sure to bring Elmer around other people and dogs, and we wanted to try to start early with Buford. We decided to take them into town to the Farmer's Market that's held every Saturday. There are always a lot of people and dogs there.

Elmer is learning to sit patiently while waiting to cross the street.


They decided to go up the steps of this pretty church.


Buford was a good boy. He's pretty young, so he just went right along with everything.


There were so many sights, sounds, and smells David took Elmer for a little "time out" to relax and watch everything.


I tried to get a good picture of them sitting together, but that was harder than I thought it'd be. Elmer, look over here Bub.


Buford, sit!


This was the best I could get.


On the way back we stopped by this flowerbed (on public property) to take a few pictures.




I think if we did this another few times Elmer will settle right in and relax a bit. They both did a great job though, and people loved them!

Cajeta

I found a thread on a dairy goat forum about something called cajeta and everyone was raving about it, so I had to google it. Cajeta is a "Mexican confection" (according to Wiki) made from milk and sugar, almost a mix between caramel and sweetened condensed milk. I had to make it!



Here's the recipe I used. I used goat milk for mine, because David pointed out that I had quite a stockpile of milk in the fridge. Cajeta is a good topping for cookies, pound cake, icecream, and pretty much anything else you can think of. The only negative thing is it takes a lot of stirring. I mean a LOT of stirring. I stirred mine for an hour and a half before it was ready. I almost cheered when it reached the soft ball stage!

I don't have any pound cake or icecream, but I do have apples. I think I'll go have some apples dipped in cajeta right now!

Silent Saturday: How cute is he?!

Quick Knits

I have been wanting to do some quick, instant gratification knitting lately, so I decided to knit a few baby items. I knitted the pumpkin hat using parts of a few different patterns I found. It's made with Caron Simply Soft yarn (and the colors are Peach and Sage, if I remember correctly). It was hard to take good pictures because I don't happen to have a baby around the house to model it for me. :-)



This pink hat is just a simple baby beanie with a ribbed edge, made with Rowan Calmer. I forget which color it is, but it's a very light pink.



Both of these hats are in my Etsy shop, which has been neglected for a long time!