Woody's elf house decorated for Christmas

This is Anna, my granddaughter (who turns 7 today Happy Birthday Anna!), who loves climbing, adventure, beauty,and imagination...in no particular order of preference. During a visit here for Thanksgiving, Anna wanted to make the usual rounds of the yard intent on making certain that a stop to say hi to Woody (see earlier posting picture) was on the agenda. She wanted to inspect the addition of the elf house at Woody's base and then Mimi and Anna had a very fun time adding wreaths to the elf windows. Anna picked and then planted a pretty flower next to the front door plus a few new branches added as trees in the elf's front yard.

When we finished with all the elf decorating, we continued walking around the yard looking for more adventure. Imagine how surprised and excited Anna was when she discovered a magic beanstalk growing right here in Mimi's back yard....one that she'd never noticed before!

She had such fun climbing the beanstalk over and over again, all the while imagining stories that were filled with a variety of adventures. She was even able to convince her most favorite cousin, Ellery, to climb her up her beanstalk and swing on the vines with her (not an easy thing to get a 17-year-old to agree to do) Too bad I didn't get a picture of the both of them in the beanstalk. Watch for another blog posting of Anna's story as dictated by Anna and scribed by Mimi titled Anna's Secret Beanstalk Adventure.