Justification for Using the Banister as an Indoor Jungle Gym

I zipped around the corner from the dining room into the foyer today, racing around to gather up everyone and their necessary belongings for a trip to the ice cream store and the zoo this afternoon. As I rounded the corner, there was my little guy hanging on the bottom of the curving banister.

Me: Don’t hang on the banister.

Mr. Sneaky Pants: But what’s a banister for, anyway?

Me. It’s for decoration, and holding onto when you go upstairs. It’s pretty. It’s not for swinging on.

Mr. SP: But Mama, we don’t have a swingset INSIDE. Henri does.

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