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I looked out of the garage yesterday, and there was Damon, he had the jog stroller parked under the tree and was standing on it to try and climb up into the tree. It was moving around a fair bit since he hadn't locked the wheels, but he almost had it.

Daddy: "Damon! What are you doing?"
Damon: "Playing monkey. I want to get up into the tree"

I'd seen him trying to climb up the trunk several times already, and I guess he'd decided that he needed a leg up.

We put the stroller back, and I gave him that one little boost that he needed and he climbed up into the tree. He even climbed down. The second and third times up the tree, he was able to do it much more quickly, but did get himself wedged in and had to be "rescued".

The first thing he wanted to do when Mommy got home was run outside (in the rain) to show her how he could climb the tree and after that first little bit of help from me, he scampered up it like he was born to it.

Any bets on how long the "you can only climb the tree when Mommy or Daddy are helping you" rule will hold?