Yup, He's a City Boy

Hamilton is completely fascinated by two things...farm animals and dogs. In fact, the first really discernible word he ever said was "dawgy" (which he now says no less than a dozen times a day, thanks to the canines of our building, in his books, and on his clothing).

He gets particularly excited when he sees a cow--which he calls "moo." His favorite spot to do this is the Farm at the Lincoln Park Zoo. We had a chance to go there with Ooompah today--and I finally remembered to bring the camera.

He spots them when they are near...

...and when they are far...

...and when they are animated (I missed getting him pointing, but you'll see the tiny cow at the top of the page--yup he spotted it and wanted to tell us all about it).




He also likes chicks, though he is convinced they are ducks.

All in all, he is definitely an animal person. It's a little ironic given where we live. Though as Freeman pointed out, it's one of the places where the squirrels and bunnies won't run away from him (but that's a different story for another time).