All About Down

It's really all about going down.  But to go down you must first go up.

And so our granddaughter, Little Miss Grabby Fingers, has learned to crawl up steps. 

 While our home is on a single floor, that floor is five steps above ground level. Which means that when I'm outside with Miss Grabby Fingers relaxation is out of the question.  For there's nothing quite as heart stopping as seeing a toddler tottering at the top of five wooden steps leading down to a brick patio.

Heart stopping because Miss Grabby Fingers idea of going down is not to hold onto a railing. Rather, in full confidence that someone will be there, she extends her arms straight in front of her...and steps out into air.

It's kind of like watching a tight-rope walker. Only there's no tight rope and no net.  Only Little Miss Grabby Fingers testing to see how quickly I can make it from one side of the patio to the other.