No fear

Cooper loves the stairs so much that Matt had to finally buck up and buy (and install) gates today.

I warned Matt that over the weekend, while Matt was taking his ski patroller tests, Cooper had developed an extreme love for the stairs. I told him many times this morning that Cooper could not be left alone for more than two seconds because of his new stair obsession. Apparently this did not sink in very well, as Matt ended up (to his horror) plucking Cooper off about the 5th stair sometime this morning. Cooper had apparently, in the time it took Matt to fill a glass of water and put a few things into the dishwasher, gone 1/3 up our stairs. It scared the crap out of Matt and he immediately said, "We're leaving to go buy gates."

So despite the -5 degrees weather my men went out to Home Depot and bought two industrial strength metal baby gates.

Now our house is a heck of a lot safer. And clang-i-er.