!!!New Crea!!!

Today, our neighbor was at home. She heard the dogs going crazy! She went outside to see what was going on and she saw one of the alpacas having her crea! The mom was TIRED so she lay down and our neighbor came over and had to help a little bit.

Then she called us and I ran over.  I got there and our neighbor said she called the vet because the crea was looking redder than the other ones. When Momma and the other kids got there we brought the crea and her momma in. She was bigger than the other ones. She is slightly smaller than Wicket who is a month old now! We checked her out as well as we knew how. She looked mostly okay to us.

The vet came and she checked the crea and the mom out and said they were fine.

I was slightly disappointed that I missed the birth, but was very excited to see such a young one.

Andrea got to name the crea, her name is Luminara.

Jump Rope

We bought a new rope that is much easier to jump with, it also hurts a lot more when you are hit!

I like to jump to “Teddy Bear” and show off!

My Science Report

Today we went to check the alpacas.  We discovered a little crea that was still wet!!!  :)  We think that he was finishing being born as we were going to check!

The crea is a boy and his name is Wicket he is 17 pounds. Wicket looks like a small black giraffe!

In a little bit, I get to check to make sure everything is okay.  School today was more fun than usual! (And Momma said I probably learned more than normal!)

P.S. Mom said this was great science for today!

Daring Momma

The other day Momma, Audrey, Adrian and Megan came to see the Alpacas while Andrea and I worked.

When we feed the Alpacas, we take Queen Amidala and Ruby Tuesday out to get some exercise. We took them out the easiest way; that is to carry Queen Amidala!

Before we went  back in,  I dared Mommy to hold Queen Amidala.  Momma does not usually hold animals. She said she would if she had her camera. So Momma ran home to get her camera and we took some pictures.

Then I took the alpacas in. Before I brought “the Queen” in to her stall, I gave her to Momma! Momma thought Queen was soft.

Alpacas

All the babies!
Chewbacca
"Please leave me alone, can't you see I'm eating?"

The other day Mommy let me take some pictures of the alpacas. I hope you enjoy my favorites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surprise!

Quiet! Sleeping crea (a baby alpaca is called a crea).

Yesterday Andrea and I went to work like normal. But it was not normal!

When Andrea and I went to bring the Alpacas  in to eat we noticed that there was one extra black alpaca! We counted again to make sure we did not count one twice. We counted one more time to make sure we did not count one twice twice! 🙂

We ran in to tell Mrs. Beer. She was surprised too, because we thought the creas were due at the end of the month.  She carried the crea into the barn, and Chewbacca, the crea’s big brother, followed. He also came in a few times to check on his mom!

I ran to tell Mommy, Audrey and Adrian. They put on their alpaca boots and came over with Megan.

The creas mom is Ruby Tuesday. She is the Alpaca who is following me.

When they got there, I got  to carry the crea to a stall so the crea would not get confused over who was its Momma. Ruby Tuesday, the crea’s Mom, followed us.

They have to stay in the stall for a few days so the crea does not get hurt and so they can bond well.

As of now, we suspect it is a boy, but have not officially checked. The Beers will tell us the baby’s name soon.

UPDATE 4 May 2012:  HER name is Queen Amidal.

Bitty Baby Bird

At Science Sleuths the other day the subject was birds.

For snack they had gummy worms and Bitty Baby Bird Megan got a few.  While she was eating, she was looking so cute that I got some pictures. Here is one of our favorites.

Fun Picture Idea

Momma saw a neat idea called Bokeh that she really liked.  So today we tried it.

To do it you;

  1. Cut a circle the size of your camera lens  and cut out a shape you like.
  2. We  tried it on a 55-80 mm lens. We are not sure it would work on another one.
  3. Put it on your lens.
  4. Point it at some lights and get them out of focus.  If you did not make the hole too small the lights will look the shape you cut out!

 

Oh, Deer!

Today Mommy, Megan and I  went to the park to get pictures. When we got to the park we saw a BUNCH of deer, but getting out of the car scared them. After walking a little while we saw more!! After getting a few pictures they moved a little way so we moved too. Megan was happy so she was cooing. The deer did not know what she was so they got closer and we got a bunch of good  pictures.

We also got bird pictures, we were in  a spot where a owl lives, unfortunately, we did not see him.  Mommy said she probably would not know an owl if she saw one. I said if it opened its eyes she would be very surprised.  Just then two robins started fighting near us and surprised  her!

I think it would be fun to do this again!