It was March 17th. Solstice’s babies were 6 days old, and the tiny daffodils I adore so much were in bloom. Tiny goat babies and tiny daffodils seemed like a combination that somehow belonged together, and I had a sudden inspiration to take some pictures of that very thing. Yes, I had a long to- do list that day and there were many other things I could have been doing with my time, but the idea grabbed hold of me and I had to go with it. The adorable-ness of baby goats can inspire you to do all kinds of things just because.

So I got a tiny jar and a few daffodils, and set it down in the fresh straw. I crouched down with my camera and hoped that if I was patient enough, the goats would get curious about those flowers and wouldn’t be too shy of my strange camera pointed in their faces.

And sure enough… Smidge (the smallest of the batch) headed over.

I just adore this picture of her mid-frolic!

She came closer…

And closer… “Hmmm… what’s this?”

“Wait, what’s that over there?”

And then back to checking out the curious yellow things again.

I love how this looks like she’s just out for a stroll, sniffing some flowers along the way.

Then Smidge’s sister Mitzy headed over to see what it was all about.

And she wanted to smell them too.

And finally, this picture for the grand finale- a total heart melter. Look at that face!

Little Smidge was the star of the show here, with her sister Mitzy making an appearance. (Their brother wasn’t shown in these pictures.) The two of them are always together, and I often say their names together- Smidge & Mitzy.

B describes Smidge’s coloring as white and “carrots.” Mitzy has black and brown, with a white spot on her head and tail. Just like with Oak’s babies, there was so much variety in the colors with the goat kids born this year. (I also want to add something funny- in these pictures Smidge had a bent ear, but a few days later that disappeared and both ears were straight again.)

I hope you enjoy this series of pictures (I sure enjoyed taking them), and that they bring a huge smile to your face today!