Yesterday afternoon, while Blanden was in his play space and Ed was outside, I ran upstairs for a couple of minutes. As I came out of our bedroom and turned the corner to head back down, there was a surprise waiting for me on the landing: Blanden, with a big smile on his face! He has figured out how to remove the trays from beneath his train table that were conveniently (for us, anyway, not so much for him) blocking his exit. Thank goodness I wasn't taking a long shower when this happened! (Just kidding -- mostly. Blanden safely plays in his crib when he and I are home alone and I am in the shower... Although Ed and I are starting to worry about how soon the day may come when he learns how to climb out of his crib too...)
In any case, fortunately for Blanden, this means his play space has just gotten a bit bigger, as we put the gate to the stairs back up and can shut the door that partitions off the foyer (and, yes, it locks, just in case we need to go there too). 
Caught in the act! The joys of crawling beneath and through the train table now that he knows how to do it...Now let's see how long we have before he learns how to climb over the ottoman blocking the other entry (or exit, depending on your perspective)...
On another note, here Blanden shows off a big smile after having placed the square window in his house-full-of-shapes puzzle. He now knows how to place all five shapes, although fitting in the oval tree just right sometimes gives him a little trouble -- those ovals can be tricky!
