Back and Forth

These were taken when we had those first few warm days at the beginning of the month. Julia was so funny. I opened the sliding door to the deck and she walked up to it with her hands out in front of her, leaned forward, and fell right outside. I don't think she knew it opened! She stands there every day, looking out the glass into the yard. I didn't even think that she'd try to lean on it like that and fall, poor kid! Anywho, once we got out there, it was as if I had just freed a caged animal. She'd "run" from one side of the deck to the other, back and forth, back and forth. We took a few toys out, so she'd push (or pull) her shopping cart, back and forth. She'd throw her ball and chase after it, back and forth. She'd sit in her little chair for three whole seconds, then get up to go bark at the neighbor dogs, back and forth. She'd find a tiny leaf or twig and have to take it to the railing and throw it in the grass, back and forth. It made me tired just watching her!

An ever so brief moment of rest.

(Probably only because she fell and had to get back up again!)

Oh! A leaf! Let me just return this to it's rightful place in the yard! (At least we won't ever have to sweep the deck!)

After playing on the deck, we took a walk as a family, thinking she would sleep in her comfy stroller since it was nap time. Thought wrong. Apparantly napping in the stroller was only cool last year. Little miss toddler Julia is beyond that now I guess. Therefore, the trip "forth" on the bike trail was fine and dandy. The trip back, on the other hand, was quite miserable. Oh, well. Live and learn.