The Proper Care and Feeding of Climbers



Life is more than food!


Here are three of the monsters I've helped raise.  Taylor, Kyle and Casey.


They're brats, yes. I mean WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THE ROOF???

It starts here. In the kitchen. On the table.

This is 'Lijah. He is 18 months old.

WHAT IS HE DOING ON THE TABLE????


Oy vay. Who is watching these children????


Oops. No one!  ;)

Well, when a case of NEW BOOKS COMES IN,
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO JUMP ONTO
THE KITCHEN TABLE AND CHECK THEM OUT???
Especially with a cute hero like Matt Cavanaugh...

Oh my stars.Raising climbers...  The best thing to do is teach them how to FALL WITHOUT DYING.


Because they already know how to climb.

See, they start out like this. Now this looks nice, doesn't it?
Grandpa holding baby at a wedding.
Peaceful. Serene.
And then it morphs to THIS:

 On the roof.
In the dark. 
Because Emma wanted to be CLOSER to the moon.
So her Daddy took her up there because he's a climber.
And climbers beget climbers.
It's quite Biblical, don't you think?


So really, you can feed climbers anything.
Mostly they like chips and dip.
But who doesn't?

The point here is that it's okay to talk about lots of things in a cafe.
Up to and including dealing with children who are born with a death wish.

Sigh.