Troubling Kid Tricks
While Hannah was at school today and after I mowed the lawn Gabriel decided it was time for troubling kid tricks. I was folding laundry as we watched Sesame Street. Gabriel took the huge green pilates ball and set it on his child size stuffed chair. Then climbed on top of it. So he is precariously perched on a ball which is sitting on a chair. It could roll off any minute.
If he were 2 or 3 I would be removing the ball. He's 5 and his balance is pretty good. I do realize I will be getting some payback from my childhood. I was a daredevil. To this day I still look at most things and think 'How would I climb that.' Or 'that would be cool to do a back flip off of.' So I'm working on him thinking about his safety during his silly stunts. I scan the room. As I continue to fold, I know he is waiting for me to get up, I start to point out things. "Ok Gabriel, this isn't a good idea, but if your going to do this remember when you fall avoid the corner of the train table and that pointy toy of Hannah’s."
He looks at me sheepishly "What pointy toy?"
"The one you call a cheese tray." It is a shape sorter that uses clumps of posts instead of holes. Hannah loves to chew on the pieces. "Do you see it Gabriel?"
He has become re-engrossed with the TV.
We sit there a moment me folding and watching him. I'm ready to spring any moment then I see Hannah’s chair. It is the same size and design just a different color. So I make a decision to put it facing his. Creating a trough for the ball to roll between. Gabriel agreed it was a good idea then got more interested in the chair configuration and abandoned the ball.
Whew!
So the chairs became a bed and a boat. It worked well because he said the couch was my boat so we both got to lounge on our boats.
--Mom
