Coronary on High

I was on the roof a couple of days ago cleaning out the gutters. Yale was on the ground and had just handed me the hose when I turned around and was absolutely SHOCKED to see little Sophia standing about 10 feet from me ON THE ROOF! She emphatically stated, "Look, Mommy, I'm on the roof!" I gasped and as calmly as I could, asked her to sit down. She replied, "But I'm not scared, Mommy!" After a bit of coaxing, I got her to sit down, told her I was glad that she wasn't scared, but that getting on the roof will have to wait until she's older. While I was talking with her, Yale climbed up the ladder and Sophia and I carefully scooted over to him so that he could help her down. She was quite upset that he didn't let her climb down the ladder by herself. She didn't want help! So the lesson learned here is that kids will try things that you never imagined, so in the future I will try to imagine it and be more mindful!