Miss. Dolittle

Annie has a love for the animals. Last week, when I took her to our friend "Becca-Sara-Kate's" (my friend Rebecca, and her similarly aged daughter and best friend to Annie, Sara Kate, but known to Annie as one entity, thus the hyphens) house for a visit, we went to feed some local horses some carrots. When first she had a visual on the horses, Annie planted her feet in the grass and her hands on her knees and yelled in a way I have never heard the girl raise her voice: "Hiiiii! HORSEEEESSSSS!" It was like Santa Clause himself was standing before her (and was hard of hearing). So, later that week, when we went to the Children's Museum, I shouldn't have been surprised by the way in which she greeted the newly hatched chicks that they always have on display. See for yourself, and notice how at one point, one of the chicks stares and squints at the camera as if to say, "Will you please tell her to keep her voice down? I'm standing right here.":