Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Miss Independent

I don't know if all third children are like this, but our third child thinks she is at least as old as her brothers! (Even though she is only 16-months-old, not to mention she is maybe the size of a 12-month-old!) She is in a climbing phase right now. Honestly, she is behind when the boys started to climb, but, you know, it might have something to do with her size. We're still waiting for the poor girl to be able to ride in a forward-facing car seat! Maybe by her next birthday! Oh well, her size seems to add to her cute-factor.

So back to her climbing skills: if you visited our home, you might think you were in a diner at closing time. (It does seem fitting since I happen to have a sign in my kitchen that, in fact, says, "Mel's Diner.") The reason you would make such an assumption is that we keep our kitchen chairs up on the table for safe-keeping. Really it's for her own good! Besides the risk of falling, I really don't want to encourage table dancing!

The kitchen chairs are not all she climbs. She also climbs toy bins, toilets, couches, church benches and also our swing set! Here is a video of our daredevil-in-training enjoying her newest skill:

We may have to discuss with her the dangers of drinking and sliding, however:

5 comments:

Stacy said...

She's so cute!

Katie said...

oh my goodness!! She is so cute! She is too little to be so independent! Is that what I looked like?

Darci and Ryan said...

Wow Mel, she is so cute! I was browsing back and you are even more amazing than I thought--slow down, you m ake the rest of us look bad! ;-) I am excited to see your fun ideas though.

Jewel-e said...

Oh how I love her! I can't believe how much better she has gotten at the slide since just Friday! Way to go, Lil Miss!

Lindsay said...

Those videos were so much fun to watch. You have a great playset for your kiddos to enjoy.