Broken Deck

So our deck needs to be repaired.
I had moved the Angry birds game up there yesterday and saw the kids were so cute as they launched the red wax balls at a Homemade Doll House, I had found some time ago, and so I went to take a picture. I left the kids on the deck thinking the deck was fairly safe and stable so long as they didn't try to climb over it. Which Noah wouldn't and Jonah hasn't. I heard a crash of wood and rushed back to find both children looking at me, far away from the edge.

It had only been a second. Jonah had pushed one of the rungs out and it had crashed to the ground below. Had he been leaning on it with his weight, chances are he would have followed that rung to his death.

Well the deck has been off limits since. There are a few other rungs that are loose too. We had a guy look at it and we will be repairing it shortly.

That was such a close call that I didn't even have time to get scared.

Noah still wants to play angry birds. The wax balls were melted to the deck yesterday because I gathered up the children and escorted them away from the unsafe deck (which had always been unsafe, i just didn't realize it.) Despite screaming protests.

The kids thought they were in trouble for "breaking" the deck.

"That was Dai Dai!" screamed Noah, not understanding why we were leaving.

No Mommy wouldn't be mad that you broke the deck. Mommy will be happy your not dead.

No you can't play on the deck later today, not until it is fixed.

Well, I'm just glad what could have happened didn't.