Are Kids Children?

Hallelujah the new fence is finished for the goat yard!! It took 2 weekends to complete the project.

When considering the enthusiasm my dear husband had for the project, that is quite a feat. All bets were, that for it to ever happen, I would have to fork out my money, not money for our joint account, and hire someone. But I worked right along side him since this whole goat thing is my hobby.  Once when I ran off for a moment, Don yelled at me "Where are you going?"  "No where. I'll be right back in just a minute." I replied.  "I know what you're doing and you're wasting my time." he yelled back at me.  And of course I asked, "What am I doing?" With some aggravation in his voice he replied, "You're going after that camera and I'm trying to get this job done."  Of course when I returned with the camera, I had to inform him, as I asked him to pose again for a picture, that this is not a job, it is an experience!  Didn't he understand WE were doing this for FUN?
But I'm not sure I ever saw a smile on his face.

I let go to take picture.

We took breaks.

 

Goats are more curious than cats.

Anyway the first Friday evening, Don tried to dig the holes with a posthole digger. With the clay soil and the large roots, he quickly decided to go rent an auger. He held one side of this monstrosity of a machine and I held the other.  I think I lost 5 pounds and my spine is twisted like a pretzel. But we got them dug.  Sunday, afternoon we set the poles in concrete.  So this Sunday afternoon all we had to do was put up the chainlink and the gate.  Dottie Belle and Gypsy had a good time running in and out of their new yard before and after it was finished.

Dottie Belle helped run the string so the fence would be straight.

See I am helping.

Even Connor helped.

But when it came time for me to leave them down in the yard so far from the house, I decided they really wanted to spend one more night in the dog yard next to the house. This morning when my daughter, Bridget, brought the baby to me she asked, "Why are the goats in the dog yard?  I thought you finished the goat yard."  I just said I wanted them to spend a whole day in the new yard before they had to sleep in it.

Hasn't everyone experienced how hard it is to sleep in a strange place the first night?

So most of the day and tonight, the girls are in their new place. I may have to leave the balcony doors open just in case they cry and I need to go check on them.