Escape Artist

The past month Ava has been practicing her climbing skills. She likes to climb up our tall (pub height) chairs, the dining room table, tall step stool, and much more. Ava also thinks it's funny to climb on mommy and daddy. We didn't realize how good her climbing skills were until one day a couple weeks ago. One night we went through our usually bedtime routine (scriptures, prayer, song) and thought Ava was down for the night. Recently, she has decided to sleep with her door open, so we put up the kiddie gate to stop her from sneaking out...or so we thought. After a few minutes of relaxing on the couch, down the long hall, we saw a tiny little head pop around the corner. We both were amazed and couldn't believe what we were seeing. It was Ava with the biggest grin and sneakiest look on her face. We didn't think it was possible for her to scale the gate and we didn't hear her knock it over, so how did she get down the hall? When we went to investigate we learned we have a very smart and resourceful little girl. She used her toy barn as a step stool to get up and over the gate. She also must be part ninja because we did not hear a sound. Needless to say the barn now resides in her play room and we have made sure the gate is securely attached in case she tries climb it. So far Ava has not tried another escape, but I'm sure it is only a matter of time before she cooks up another plan.