Stair Sledding

Last night a workI heard the two little boys I watch (ages 1 and 3) laughing hysterically. I went to see what was so funny and as I walked up Isaac (3) came sliding down the stairs on his stomach, feet first, which in turn made Gabe (1) belly laugh. I think that a baby belly laughing is the cutest sound in the world. You can't help but laugh right along with. But then Gabe turned around and did the exact same thing, belly laughing all the way down. (There mom actually had told me they liked to do this and it was okay as long as I was there watching them.) So I stayed and watched them doing this for quite a while. Plus it was almost bed time and then were using up pretty good energy climbing up the stairs.
Shortly before bedtime, Isaac said his tummy hurt. I pulled up his shirt and looked and sure enough he had a bright red carpet burn! Gabe had been wearing full zip up pj's but Isaac had been wearing pj bottoms and a top. I didn't even think about a rug burn. So I grabbed some neosporin and put it on. Even though there was a small injury they had a great time.
I told the story to Rue and he told me about the stairs at his grandpa's house in Montana. When they lived there with their grandpa they had a grand ol' time sliding down the stairs. (Rue has 2 younger brothers and a younger sister.) They would grab a large baking pan, sit on it and slide on down. The only problem with this though is that when you got to the bottom you just kept going until you hit a wall. So they decided to hold up pillows in front of them to protect themselves from injury. Down they would go and smack into the wall. Rue said at one point pictures starting falling off the wall and Bonita came and put a stop to the stair sledding.
I am sure we all remember one time or other when we discovered that even when there is no snow outside the stairs were a perfect way to get the same type of experience as sliding down a hill of snow.