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Yesterday Vai officially earned the ‘I-can-now-climb-onto-big-chairs’ title (and marked the start of Mommy’s frequent ‘oh-be-careful’ reminders).

Anyway, here’s the step-by-step pictorial guide he’d like to share with other curious toddlers:

I have to admit though that this latest stunt of his gives me a much greater adrenaline rush than seeing him climb our gate all the way up.

And I guess it’s somehow because when he’s on the gate, he’s at least clinging onto it, but when he’s standing on the chair, he likes to let go and just stand as if he’s on a surf board or something!

[and he often wobbles a bit too! Which is the main cause of my heart skipping a beat or two!]

…

So these days, I ensure all chairs are well tucked under the table, so that whenever he tries to pull the chair out and climb on to it, I have a few short seconds to quickly be near him, AND to bring him back down again (after letting him rummage through our dining table’s stuff for a few seconds and telling him how it’s somewhat safer to just play on the FLOOR).

Oh well.

Life’s never plain nor dull when you have kids.