What do
you do when you have a goat and a box full of dress ups?
You visit kindy as the Billy Goats Gruff of
course! My husband Chris doesn’t need to be asked twice to dress up in a costume
and Quinn our 4 year old was very keen to take Frankie to Kindy to show his
friends our new milk producing pet.
Chris
changed into his ensemble and followed us to Kindy in his car as he needed to
rush away to a board meeting soon afterwards.. Quinn, Frankie and I went in my
car. Frankie was very happy to hop into the back seat and ride shotgun. Quinn
had suggested that we just walk her to Kindergarten but the thought of walking
with a goat along the footpath, passing high school kids, commuters and mums
doing school drop offs just didn’t appeal to me somehow. Havelock North is a
small place and I know I would never live that one down!!
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| The scary Troll |
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| I think the Billy Goat wins this fight! |
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| Quinn , the proud goat handler |
Once at
kindy, complete with the scary Troll, Quinn proudly showed his little friends
how we milk her. It was amazing how so many kids did not realise that goats
made milk and you could even drink it!! The Troll of course frightened some of
the girls and had to take his mask off at times.
Frankie
had a great morning at Kindy. She nibbled on the bushes and was hand fed the
choicest grape leaves by the kids. Quinn beamed with pride thinking it was so
normal to have a pet goat in urban Havelock North and the Troll luckily got to
his board meeting on time. Lets just hope he changed beforehand!
