We are only 27 days away from the start of kidding and lambing. Can you believe it? It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that we put the Buck Fifty and Lincoln in with the nanny goats and the ewes. Seems like it to me anyway; some of these nanny goats look like they are fixin’ to explode any minute now! You will definitely want to click these to enlarge them.
Before the blessed event begins we need to come up with a naming convention for the kids and the lambs born on the farm this year. Not long ago I asked ya’ll to nominate your ideas and boy did you! We had more than 90 comments, all of them with really great suggestions.
Here’s how we narrowed the field: I read through the suggestions with the staff (i.e. Patrick, Erin and Harry.) Anyone could nix an idea for any reason, no questions asked.
Now we need your vote. Everyone gets one vote for kid names and one vote for lamb names. Feel free to mix and match. I’ll leave the voting open until Sunday and then I’ll tally the votes and announce the winners.
And the nominees are:
Names of states Texas, Virginia, Maryland, etc. I LOVE this one and this might be the last year we can use it because it might be the last year we have 50 or less babies.
Names of Cities of the World: Paris, Lisbon, Seattle, Athens, etc. Another great suggestion.
Towns in Massachusetts for the kids and towns in New York for the lambs. Or vice versa.
Font names: LOVE THIS ONE!
Names of musical instruments: This one is probably Erin, Harry and my favorite because there are so many cool names. Piccolo, Trumpet, Timpani, etc.
Actors: Old movie actors for the lambs, current actors for the kids. (Bogart, Bacall, etc.)
Artists: Picasso, Van Gogh, Pollock, etc.
Composers: I like this one but I’m a tad concerned that I don’t know enough of them. (Margaret and Edwina, you’ll have to help out if this one wins!)
Characters from Annie: Okay, I know this one sounds goofy, but after reading Jenny’s nomination, we all loved it! Of course, we all love Jenny so that may have diminished our objectivity. But take a moment to look at all these great names:
Daddy Warbucks
Miss Hannigan
Mr. Bundles
Grace
Rooster
Lily St Regis (named after the hotel)
Annie
Punjab
Asp
Molly
Pepper
Tessie
Kate
Duffy
July
FDR
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bert Healy
Boylan Sisters
Drake
Mrs. Pugh
Mrs. Greer
Saunders
Frick
Frack
Crayola Crayon Colors: another great suggestion from Kate, who we also love. Kate also suggested Red Sox players, but Patrick is a Yankees fan and would rather set himself on fire.
Okay, those are your candidates. I would love to see everybody vote, even you lurkers! (I’m talking to you Dad. And Carrie. And Jordan. And Matt.) Seriously, this is democracy in action. Don’t sit on your hands and then spend the next four years hating whatever wins.
The polls are officially…open.
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I vote for mass/ny town names.
I vote for the states and cities , use them while you can.
Musical instruments all the way baby!
Since its your (likely) last chance: states for one, MA or NY cities for the other.
All the other ideas are great and worth saving for another season.
I like the font names and musical instruments. (Though I see state names is getting a lot of votes. If state names do win, can I petition for a baby named after a Canadian province, for your Canadian members?
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Names of musical instruments gets my vote!
Names of States for the Lambs
Names of Cities of the World for the Kids
my vote is for MA/NY towns. how fun could that be!!!
Can I vote for three things? I go for states first, then musical instruments, then cities in MA.
THe musical instruments would be *cool*, but yeah on having enough for the 50 states.
I vote for vote names. Imagine a little Arial, Corbel, Bookman, and even Wingdings! I love it
Woops, I meant font names. I got so excited I forgot what I was typing!
Annie names for kids and musical instruments for lambs!
This is fun.. I like the font names and crayola colors. I like the crayola colors of dandelion, thistle, tumbleweed,razzle dazzle, periwinkle, orchid… makes me excited for spring!!!! Oh can I say my first crocus popped up today in virginia after getting 8 in of snow last monday!
O.K. States for the sheep (the 50 or less and cousin Julie convinced me) Artists for the goats, because they’re SO-O-O artistic!
I am a geek and Web Developer so I feel obligated to go with the Font Names! There really are some awesome font names out there too! However so many of those ideas were good!
i vote musical instruments for the kids and composers for the lambs. i can help with adding more composer names too.
Names from Annie is my first choice; musical instruments is second.
After hearing my coworkers talking this morning about the fonts they were using for certificates they were designing, I am going to have to vote for the font names. I like the idea of different naming conventions for the sheep and goats, but I think the font theme is so rich that this time around they could share the naming theme with plenty of names to spare.
Musical Instruments and Crayola colors are my pick
I vote for fonts for the lambs and musical instruments for the kids.
I live the idea of old actors. To have a Greta Garbo, or a Norma Shearer and a Spenser Tracey out there would be fabulous.
I vote for the characters of Annie and secondly I like the font names.
Musical instruments or city names.
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