Plan B

We are missing a few pieces to the gate we use by the stairs (it's been a long time since we used it for Willem), so we've been making due with the set-up below....

 

But this morning, I was at the computer and I heard Genevieve playing away in the hall and I also heard her moving chairs. Then I heard her saying 'uhuhuh' in a playful voice. So, I go check on her and she had methodically moved the chairs, pulled down the gate and was halfway up the stairs looking at me and smiling. Guess we have to figure out a new set-up!

 

This all reminds me a bit of Willem who is very independent, likes to just figure things out on his own and it takes him a while to get frustrated. Nev is also independent and seems to like being a little funny though she does seem a little more cautious than Willem who would have been up the stairs and into something up there without calling for me. It's so much fun to get these little glimpses into our kids' personalities! 

One more sweet glimpse into Nev's personality: if we say, 'no' sternly at all, she stops, gets a very shocked, sad face, her lips go downward and she breaks out into a very pathetic cry. Sometimes the cry is delayed 15 or more seconds.