stair races

on your mark...get set....GO!

I'm not sure when it started...I can't remember. But I just had to document these stair races that send my kids giggling and running up/sliding down the stairs for hours. Seriously. They have so much fun racing both on their tummies AND their bottoms.

They mostly stick to the tummies though because NO ONE can beat Braden when it comes to stair racing when their sitting down. He is CRAZY fast. Even Brian and I can't beat him (not that we've tried or anything:). It amazing us (and Cailey and Kinsey) every time he comes down that way because he's so super fast. Too bad it's not a sport because he LOVES it and he LOVES that he's great at it:). He's started using that as his only method of coming down lately and it's fun to be sweeping the floor or cleaning something up and hear his hands bang the stairs as he comes down...it's my way to know it's him coming down.

Oh...and the key to stair racing on your tummy is to wear long jammies so you don't get rug burn. That's no fun...and it's happened more than once. Cailey says the footies are the best kind. I just treasure this time we get with them and love the things they come up with that are so fun for them! Yep...we do allow our kids to play on the stairs this way. SO FAR no one has had any major accidents and they aren't allowed if ephram is on the stairs (though he's getting fast too).

We MAY or may not have let them try to sled down the stairs together and Braden MAY or may not have only one brave enough too. Let's just say it didn't work so well when he got to the bottom...but he wasn't hurt:).