Climbing, Climbing, Climbing

Yesterday was a day to keep mom on her toes. We started off the day with Will pushing one of our barstools over to the pantry and almost pulling himself up on to the chair. I have been just letting him climb lately so if he falls that he understands what it means to climb up on things (within reason....I would never let him intentionally get really hurt). Then it was off to the living room....he pulled out one of his toy bins, emptied on the floor and then turned it over. He first used it to climb into and sit down...just testing it out. Then he turned it over and used it to climb up the bookcase where there are other toys. He didn't too far before he fell off and just gave a little grunt. Another healthy fall and respect for his surroundings. Later in the day, he managed to stand on one of his toys, climb into the toy box, stand on the toys in the toy box and turn the light switches on and off. He then used his tricycle to climb onto to get out of the toybox.....pretty impressive! Finally, after dinner, Brad cleaned him up and let him down out of his high chair while I was doing the dishes. Brad said, 'look' and as I turned around, Will was climbing up his highchair. He climbed all the way up to the seat and was standing in it. I went over and let him climb up and to make sure he didn't fall on to the hardwood floor.

I am afraid that we have crossed a whole new threshold of abilities.