Outdoor Exploration

Elise was quite fidgety this afternoon so I decided a trip to the backyard was the cure. At first, she only wanted to walk around (holding my hands, of course), however she soon became confident and eventually sat down in the grass.

After touching the grass with her hands she did not touch it again! Guess she didn't like the feel of it...however, she did enjoy the leaves! She began by stroking the leaves with one finger and then later became brave enough to pick up a leaf using her index finger and thumb...which eventually led to picking up the leaves and lovingly smashing them.

The scratchy, dry leaves brought huge smiles to her cute face and, much to my relief, she didn't even try to eat them! Before she picked one up, she would look it over very carefully and only after it passed the eyeball inspection did she pick it up...she was way too cute! Here are a few pics of the leaves...

and here is what's left of them...
Elise's first time playing in the leaves...what a precious moment!