Climber

I was cutting a cheeseburger into Lyla-sized pieces when suddenly an eerie calm swept the room. If you've ever spent time with a toddler, you know that a lot of words could accurately describe any given moment, but calm is not one of them. Calm means someone has discovered the toilet bowl, the knife drawer, the chimney.

This is calm:


Yeah, she climbed up there herself.

Up there:


We gotta get this kid into a big-girl bed.