Jahan loves our new deck. He LOVES it. He wants to be outside all the time and when he gets out there, he goes a little potty from euphoria. He wonders around from end to end, flailing his arms about, giggling, clapping, rabbitting on in his own special language, carefully carrying about bits of wood shavings from once side to the other, peering through the railings, and playfully trying to open the gates ("Ahh-pin!").
The timing for this deck couldn't be better - for all of you whose toddlers have just learnt to walk, I can't recommend enough a secure, enclosed area OUTSIDE where they can literally be left alone indefinitely. (No, I don't leave him there and take off, but I can work in the kitchen while I watch him outside).
Yup, it's shaping up to be a great idea after all.