Today, Emma's a grandmother!

Emma's only ewe lamb (before the one born last Sunday) just had her first baby this afternoon - a little ram lamb. Only one, but that's good for a first-timer.

Mom's name is Dorothy, and her little lamb is almost completely white, except for some black around his nose and mouth. I didn't see him being born, but I went to put some spare honey out for my bees and there he was. I didn't have my glasses on so at first I couldn't tell what the white thing was laying in the grass. He's our least colored sheep yet!

Since I mentioned them - my bees are going nuts over the warm weather we're having. I put a gallon of sugar syrup out for them on Saturday afternoon and my Tuesday afternoon it was all gone. And they're a little aggressive right now - especially if you are consuming or recently consumed something sweet. This afternoon at least a hundred bees were buzzing around the chicken feed. It's mostly ground corn and the bees are after the corn sugar. So I had some old honey hanging around and took it out to them as a bribe to leave the chicken feed alone!

Emma had twins!

Just before 2:00 this afternoon, Emma, our very first sheep, gave birth to twins! She's really very cooperative and this is the second year we were able to watch her giving birth. Usually it happens first thing in the morning, or when we're not home. Plus she waited until we had a pretty, warm, sunny day.

She had one boy - the one that's mostly black - amd one ewe lamb - the one that's got more white bits. No name for the little girl, but I'll update when we have it.

I put Emma and her lambs into the barn stall so they can bond, rest and gain strength. I love watching them in the first hour after birth when Mom gets everyone cleaned up and fed. It's hard to explain, but she makes these reassuring little grunts for the lambs. The babies are learning how to stand - and stay standing while their mother is nudging them around to get cleaned up.