Today, for the first time in too long, the air was warm outside. By 11:00 a.m. when I checked the thermometer, the temperature had hit 40 degrees! I wasted no time in bundling the Nigerian Dwarf gals and kids outside--so the bucklings could soak up some of that fine Vitamin D and revel in the fresh air, and I could clean out the maternity suite. Both Jennifer and Thumbelina perked up when I opened the door to shoo them outside. Hanging out in the laundry room indoors is not what they consider fun, even if it does provide life-saving warmth for new kids when the temperatures hover in the teens and twenties. While they were outside, I kept an eye on them--watching Jennifer for any further signs of labor (she exhibited none) and just enjoying watching the bucklings explore and play.
These boys definitely inherited BullyBob's gift for fancy footwork. Watching them careen and cavort, skipping sideways, jumping and turning, could have kept me busy all day had not the farm chores beckoned. Little Walter and his as-yet-unnamed little brother romped and played in the sunshine. They kept going strong for about two hours, and then they crashed hard--curling up together to sleep on the warm asphalt of the driveway. They barely opened an eye or fluttered an eyelash until they were urged indoors at dusk.
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