The Monkey finds new places to climb
This afternoon, Holden and I had Boy's Day Part II.

For Boy's Day part I, Holden and I were home sick yesterday after he came home from daycare Thursday afternoon with a 99.9 degree fever.

Today, Julie was invited to go wedding dress shopping with her cousin, Michelle. We were a little surprised at this early shopping trip because at last report Michelle and Jason weren't getting married until after they both graduated college. We were very reassured that the wedding isn't going to be until September.... 2006!

Far be it from me to try to figure out women's "wedding logic" so I told Julie to go while Holden and I stayed home and watched Roadrunner cartoons. (I've created a new fan with the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 that I got for Christmas.)

The morning and afternoon passed as one would expect. Eventually, Holden let me be fooled into believing that I convinced him it was time for a nap.

At about the two hour mark, I thought I heard a thump from his room. Hearing no crying or cries of "Daddy!!!" I decided to just let him play for a while in his room, giving him some time to explore.

About 15 or 20 minutes later, he started calling for me so I climbed the stairs and made my way to his room.

I opened the door slowly, as Holden has a habit of standing RIGHT BEHIND the closed door. I saw him back pedalling slowly to avoid the door. As he did he smiled and presented me with two bowling pins, one in each hand. "F'you, Daddy!"

That he would have found some toy or treasure in his explorations of his room wasn't surprising, and that he was presenting his prize to me as I walked in the room, again, was not surprising. What is surprising is that those bowling pins were on a shelf...about 4 1/2 to 5 feet off the ground!!

Daddy: "Um, what do you have, buddy?"

Holden: "Candy Cane!"

Daddy: "And where did you get the bowl- candy canes from?"

Holden: "Up there!" pointing to the shelf.

Daddy: "And how did you get up there, buddy?"

Holden: "I climbed. I climb on the blue couch and get it."

Daddy: "Why don't you show me how you climbed up there?"

Holden then walked over to the blue dresser which is under the shelf in question. At the base of the dresser was a toy parking garage playset. He stepped up onto the playset, then took another step onto the raised elevator shaft of the playset. He turned and looked at me, his waist level with the top of the dresser, leaning over the dresser, reaching his little hand toward the shelf, and announced, "I get them like this."

Daddy: "Of course, you did."

Holden: "Course you did"

So, needless to say the playset was moved across the room, and here is hoping that he doesn't feel the need to climb up onto his dresser again. But somehow we just know that the feeling will definitely come upon him again!

- posted by Tony @ 5:44 PM