My head lowered, lips hovering just above hers— “OH MY GOD!” Keely screeched. “You got a goat! Can we get a goat, Daddy? Pretty please, can we?” My daughter barreled across the lawn toward us, and I leveled Ellie with a stern glare. “I’m going to make you pay for this.” Ellie just burst out laughing. And it was the best sound I’d ever heard.

