The journey between here and there

The other 2 sentences I say frequently, but not as much as the 3 sentences are:

1. Get down!
2. Sit down!

Brandon is 3/4 monkey and 1/4 cute kid. He climbs on anything. He’ll be a mountain climber one day. The kid climbs on everything.

“Hi Mama!” He waves to me from atop my piano. He’s proudly standing on top as if he’s just scaled Mount Everest.

Get down!

The fridge. I have locks on my fridge so the doors don’t swing open. This way the boys don’t destroy the contents of the fridge by playing Emeril. Want something? Just ask, unless it’s too close to supper time I’ll give it to you. Brandon or Josh will grab hold of the fridge handle and put their feet on the fridge and climb up as you would when you are rock climbing on a wall or up a mountain. They get 1/2 way up the fridge open up the freezer door to rescue the popsicles from freezing to death.

Get down!

The cupboards. Being only 2 1/2 feet tall Brandon always wants a better view or wants to play in the kitchen sink. He can be up on the cupboards in 5 seconds flat.

Get down! Stop that!

My headboard in my bedroom. I think he’ll like base jumping when he gets older. He scrambles up on my headboard then jumps onto the mattress and thinks its great fun. Wow. I can’t believe I can find my bed on the internet. Amazing.

Get down!

“Loot at me mama!” I hear Brandon squeal. I look for the voice. It’s coming from my stair rails. There’s Brandon perched at the top and before I can say anything he slides down.
“Wheeeee! Whoooaaaa!” as he slides down the 45 degree angle. I’m amazed this kid isn’t dead yet.

Get down!

The deck. He likes to climb up there to look at the neighbor’s dog. (Damn dog. I hate that dog.)
“Looooook! Doooog!”
Now we have a walk out basement and our deck is a good 9 feet to the ground.
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I’ve never moved so fast to get him down.

GET DOWN! YOU’RE GONNA DIE!

It’s not like I’m not there to watch him. I am, but I’ve turned my back for 5 seconds and the kid is scaling something, whether it is furniture or what not.

I should install a climbing wall with mats in my basement. Maybe then they’ll stick to that instead of the furniture… yeah right.