Boys in Spring

We've had an abundance of April showers the past few days. The other day, Jonathan and Ian decided that they needed to go out and play in all the lovely puddles. They dug through the coats until they found raincoats and then dug in the 'boot box' to find some good puddle jumping boots.
Ah-h-h the joys of being little boys in the mud!
We were thankful that the alpaca shearers adjusted their schedule so the alpacas didn't get their haircuts today. Since we don't have a large indoor shearing location and the alpaca barn is small we were concerned about keeping the animals out of the rain long enough so they'd be dry through the shearing process.

Without the activity of shearing, Marc and I had another adventure planned. We threw a tarp in the back of the van and headed to Truxton, NY to pick up another dairy goat. Ivory wasn't very impressed to be hoisted into the van, but she settled down on the 1.5 hour drive home. She came from the same farm that Pumpkin came from so they were reunited. Tonight, even after all the excitement, Ivory gave an impressive amount of milk. Marc is very happy. (We'll get a picture posted soon.)

Jonathan has been busy this afternoon. Here he spelled his favorite word with the Bananagrams tiles...
And for those of you who can't quite tell what architectural wonder this is, it's the Empire State Building. (He's saying 'Ta Da!')

The orange hat was a gift from our friend Bob who said it'll help us locate Jon easier. "Fireman Jon" is written on the front so you can bet this hat is a favorite.