Playing in the leaves

I think I took these pictures back in December. It was a really nice day outside, so Gene decided to get to work on raking the 10 bazillion leaves in the our backyard. Of course, Ella wanted to get out and help. For the first time, I let her get as dirty as she wanted as she explored each area of the yard. I was a nervous wreck and hovered over her like crazy! As you can tell from the lack of smiles, she is still not crazy about the grass. She would much rather run on the concrete.