A Beautiful Winter Day?

With the weather in VA being warmer than you would expect for December, Mommy was more than willing to take Ysabella and Anthony out for time in the sun.  Luckily our yard lends itself to exploration with lots of nooks and crannies to discover.  Anthony can't walk or keep his eyes open long so he relies on Ysabella to do the discovering for the both of them.  

And She's Off...

We started in the front yard and discovered our very own Christmas tree!!  Thankfully, we recently started learning about Santa Claus and the giving Christmas spirit so Ysabella knew what they looked like.  We wonder when Daddy is going to decorate it?  

Like most toddlers, Ysabella wasn't occupied long and found something else to catch her attention.

"Swing, peese?"

"Wee!!"

"What's Aninny doin'?"

Taking a nap in a soft bed of leaves, of course.

Then he points us in the direction of our next discovery.

The picnic table

Ysabella wants to eat "right here"... 

If only we had something to eat. Or somewhere to cook it. 

Gasp! It must be time to climb some stairs, repeatedly.

"Ysabella do it"

Soon Ysabella found the shed and her favorite yard object, Daddy's "tracta".  Daddy are you there?

All that was left to do was kick around the soccer ball to make Mommy proud.  Ysabella decided that dribbling NOT down her chin is an accomplishment. 

On such a beautiful day, it may have been the sun or that nap time was near because Ysabella actually wanted to hold her baby brother, Anthony.

And almost enjoyed it.

Happy Holiday Season Everyone.  Here's hoping for a white Christmas, but we will take the warmer weather for now.