The family of a two-year-old girl who died after falling into a garden pond on Christmas Day have paid tribute to her as the 'happiest, smiliest, most adventurous little girl'. Isobel Wallace was discovered during festive celebrations at her parents' new home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Her family said she had been playing happily with toys before she disappeared briefly from view. Despite temporary fencing around the pond, the 'tragic accident' occurred, leaving them 'absolutely heartbroken'.
In a social media post, Isobel's mother, Tamara Wallace, described her daughter as full of 'adventure and fire' and said she 'lived more in her two years than some children did in a lifetime'. A fundraising page set up by Isobel's aunt, Abigail Maxwell, has raised more than £19,000 for a memorial garden, funeral costs and counselling for the parents.
Maxwell described her niece as 'the happiest, smiliest, most adventurous & curious' little girl who 'lit up the lives of everyone'. She added that Isobel and her daughter had been playing with new toys inside the house before Isobel was found in the garden pond, which had a temporary fence and was part of a garden she would never have accessed by herself.
