I sat across the room and watched. Son2 got up on two knees at the base of the stairs for the first time. He slapped that bottom step with two hands over and over. Then his head tilted back and his eyes swooped up the stairs, as if to say, "Can I make it?" He turned and looked at me, as if to say, "Not today!" Then he rounded the base of the step and reached the wrought iron banister. He did the same little routine when he almost pulled himself up. He thought about standing, looked over at me, and grinned again. Not today!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Getting Ready to Climb
I sat across the room and watched. Son2 got up on two knees at the base of the stairs for the first time. He slapped that bottom step with two hands over and over. Then his head tilted back and his eyes swooped up the stairs, as if to say, "Can I make it?" He turned and looked at me, as if to say, "Not today!" Then he rounded the base of the step and reached the wrought iron banister. He did the same little routine when he almost pulled himself up. He thought about standing, looked over at me, and grinned again. Not today!
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How come the bottom step is a different color from the step above and the floor?
ReplyDeleteThat's my sister...always the artist, good question. When we first moved into the house everywhere you see light grain wood was previously carpeted. We ripped out all of the carpet and replaced it with light grain wood. That single dark wood step was in place and held up the end of the stair banister, including the wrought iron spindles. Replacing the single existing wood step to match the light wood grain would have been bucks. The railing of the entire wood banister matches the one dark wood step, and my wrought iron spindles scroll around at the bottom of that step. So if we ripped out that one dark wood step we would have to rip out the whole railing to the banister, including the wrought iron spindles and then drill them back into the one wood step. The whole thing would be extremely costly. Instead we go for the eclectic look. :)
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