Animals

This week our play group was at a little girl's house in the country - gravel road and all (frankly, I didn't even realize there were unpaved roads in Fairfax county). This little girl has lots of animals - a dog (which was very kid friendly), a horse (which was showing off to try to get treats) and a pony (which mostly stayed in the barn). Audrey was fascinated and scared by the animals. She did the sign for horse and dog, but really didn't want either of them very close to her.

There are several dogs in the neighborhood and she loves to watch them out the window or chase after them, but again, if they come to close she starts to cry.

She also loves birds. Our neighbors have several bird feeders in their tree in the backyard. So from our deck, you can usually see a great variety - Orioles, canaries, and a pretty red bird are among my favorites. The only problem we have with seeing the birds is that she squeals with delight every time - which of course, scares the birds away. She also does the sign for bird. (Strangely, none of the birds have been at all interested in the bird feeder that Audrey and I made at playgroup with a pine cone rolled in pb and birdseed.)

Yesterday when we were shopping we past some Nemo towels. Audrey saw Nemo and stared pointing and doing the sign for fish. So her daddy took her over to the fish tanks (we were in Walmart) where she squealed with delight at all the fish. Later in the day after her nap, she looked up at me and did the sign for fish again - apparently she thinks we can produce animals on demand. So I went to the Discovery HD theater channel and sure enough, they had a show on coral with lots of beautiful fish.