There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.

Yesterday we got a crisp, sunny afternoon and since Alex was driving me nuts with grabbing fistfuls of dirt from my potted plants and throwing it all over the place, we headed outdoors where he could do no damage. He is an outdoorsy boy, hands down. As soon as his feet touched the dead grass, he was off and running...all the way around the house. I think what he really wanted was the frozen pond that's formed at the far side of our property. But he got pretty cold and fell a few times on the way so that discouraged him.

This video doesn't show it, but Eli was keeping a close watch on him.