Behind Closed Doors

 

Nolan found his feet just fit behind the columns. 

How many times can a toddler, who barely walks, circle a space Gramma can't fit through?

 

 

Nolan plays peek-a-boo with Grampa.

 

 

He loves that Grampa keeps showing up around the next column.

 

 

Nolan has learned to open the refrigerator door, since the handle goes all the way to the floor.

He knows the good stuff is kept in there, or behind any closed door.

 

 

Nolan let Gramma know it was time to child proof her cabinets.

She placed all the pyrex mixing bowls in the back

and interesting things like strainers and spinners in the front.

 

 

Nolan, who watches Gramma very closely,

showed he could find his way to the back of the cabinet, too.

 

I had a cupboard filled with Tupperware, that I used to let my children play with, if I got a phone call.
So did every other mother I knew.

I suppose cell phones and texting have replaced the need for  a cupboard full of unbreakables.
 

 

Nolan has his own way of piloting the plane.
The twins found it moved slower, because the other twin was always weighing it down. 
With no one sitting on it, Nolan found it safer to push it sideways.
Or almost safe.