the three lamb-igos

These three may be my favorite addition to our hobby farm. I never knew I liked sheep so much, but now I do. They're pretty adorable. They have no tail, and this is really amusing to me. They look like stuffed animals and they don't say Baa as much as Maa. In fact, I think goats make more of a Baa sound and sheep make an annoyed-teenager-calling-up-the-stairs "Maa! What are we having for dinner?!!" 

We were planning on getting four lambs, but when Rory went to pick them up the farmer said, "now that one there has some protrusion." Rory asked what that meant and he said, "well, his rectum is hanging out." Rory explained kindly how new we are at all of this, and that protrusion sounded like a challenge were weren't quite ready to take on. 

That story made me laugh, mostly because Rory said the farmer was so totally fine with the new plan and not one bit bent out of shape. This farmer was totally chill.

Just like these three lambs. They are chill. And not quite as tiny as we had imagined they'd be. They are weaned from their mama and so gentle and sweet. Today they head out to pasture, which leaves a lot more room for story material lest anything go wrong...