10.17.2011

a girl and her...goat friends??

I realize that this is a little goat-overload...but it was just so cute that I can't hold back the photos! Adelie LOVES the goats! I'm not sure where this stems from (I am terrified of goats!). She has no fear. I wanted to see how she would react to the goats, so I didn't say anything or direct her in any way. I simply said, "Adelie...Look! 2 goats!" and she was loving it. They were wandering free in the playground area of the apple orchard. They had collars on...and they were very nicely groomed. So I wasn't very concerned about these goats. They were friendly little guys. She was so sweet with them. She'd follow them around & laugh at them. Then she found a corn cob that someone must have been feeding the goats with - and she picked it up & started feeding the goats. Hilarious. My favorite part of the goat-playtime was that she was giving them HUGS!!!! (look closely at the last picture - I'm glad I captured it on film!) She gave the goats lots & lots of hugs. So sweet. She loves to hug, but I've never seen her hug an animal! I was a little worried that they were going to nip at her - luckily we were fine. She hugged them goodbye & we left without any problem....until....

We had walked about halfway through the orchard (a good distance away from the goats). We were on our way out and all of a sudden we heard the 2 goats coming up behind us (rapidly!!!) making this awful 'bah-bah-bah-bah' noise & coming up quickly behind us. They were chasing us out!!! It was like something set them off & all of a sudden ALL the goats in the orchard were making the same noise!!!! The 2 goats following us were harmless; they just followed us with a quick-step all the way to the entrance of the orchard (where one of the workers started laughing at us & said "you know they're following YOU!....we've NEVER seen that before!!!"). What?!! Why were they following us? And the noise!! The noise was terrifying!! I was so frightened. I had Kennedi in the baby bjorn & Adelie in the stroller & I was so worried the goats were going to go for one of them! Thank goodness, we survived the goat-chase. I really have no idea what they were thinking. Adelie did have some raisins in a little baggie that she was snacking on (but I highly doubt the goats could smell those little raisins from so far away)...I took them away from her right away & hid them when I saw the goats speedily approaching. 

So, just when I thought maybe I was getting over my fear of goats....I was reminded clearly of why I don't like those animals! Goats are not to be trusted!! Well, maybe they just liked Adelie's hugs? Who knows?!!

3 comments:

Peter and Cindy said...

Wow, it is so obvious what your first pet needs to be. Thanks for posting the pictures!

Jenny said...

Oh my goodness, you can just see her excitment in these pictures!! I love her red little nose from that crisp air! I'm so glad you survived your goat chase, who knows what they're capable of!!!

Ryan said...

I had a good laugh about the goats following you - thanks for sharing!