oh no! what is that? new horizons? development? in what direction, exactly? to what end? our fartherst-along triplet is so far by now that she jumps out of bed, quite regularly! yes, out of the travel bed, the one with the very high walls! in the past she just hopped over to "neighbor" collin, into his bed, for playing or annoying or whatever it is that sisters do to their brothers... but since our attempts to stall this behavior by separating the beds, there is only the floor left to jump onto... she seems to take it really well; and why shouldn't she explore her room? it is baby proofed after all, all round and soft. BUT: she is tall enough by now to open the door to the hallway. and directly in front of it is where the stairs start. which leaves us with pretty much two options: either lock the door to the room or close the bar gate at the stairs. sound both a bit like prison, huh, how is a dragon supposed to learn how to fly under these circumstances? but ok... *sigh* i guess it is better to fly a little later than down the stairs (i her case, again!), right?

so: next chapter in the dragon's big book of life (and ours, too, of course) would be the "bars slammin' home" chapter, huh? :)