Houdini

We have a new deck. It is fabulous! It's great for relaxing, barbeques, etc. It's also a great spot for my one year old! I can throw some toys out there & leave him be for very loooong periods of time.

This gives me time to clean my kitchen and do other "very important" Mommy things! I leave the screen door open, so I can always hear him of course & I block off the stairway too.

The other day, however, I stopped "cleaning" to hear... nothing. Hmm, I thought. I wonder what he's getting into? There's not much on the deck to break. I walked to the screen door to find... NOTHING. No baby. My child was off the deck. I was terrified, until I found this:

Do you see that little speck? That little speck of a child in between those chairs? Yep. That's him. He somehow squeezed between the chairs & climbed DOWN the stairs! What?!?! I've never seen him climb down any stairs before!

Apparently, he wanted this ball to throw to his dog.