CHRISTMAS DAY, it's 72 degrees outside and the sun is bright and warm, so we go for a walk.







First Cooper lies in the sun, watching the quiet river.














Then Tessie jumps! When she was young, Tessie was a climber, a jumper, a flyer. Today, we remember that.








At first, Cooper isn't sure he wants to climb stairs.






But then he remembers who he is and what he can do -- and that he's just old, not dead! -- and he climbs the stairs.








Cooper is very pleased with himself!