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Actually this picture doesn’t even begin to show the size of this tree or how high Jackson climbed! Jackson has been climbing trees since he was four and so I was surprisingly calm until he got near the top. Then my blood pressure rose and I insisted he get.down.right.now. (The getting down process took some time! He climbed really high!)
Post a photo on your site, link up and find others… Wordless Wednesday is tons of fun. (And I know it says “wordless” but I just can’t bear to not write anything! If I had created it, I probably would have named it something different! LOL)
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Thanks to Uisce for creating Wordless Wednesday.
Written by Janice, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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LJS65 says
That is such a great photo, I love how the sun is shining through the tree branches.
It reminds me of how my sister and I used to climb trees when we were little – good times!
SassyModernMom says
LOL I love your reaction to Get down. Now. Mine would have been exactly the same! My oldest is a competitie gymnast and is pretty sure she can climb anything. I often find myself holding my breath as she tests her limits..and mine:)
Great capture!
shelly says
lol boys are just like monkeys, aren’t they?
Susie's Homemade says
That looks like fun!
Petula says
Love that photo. Makes me remember how fearless I was when I was that age. I loved to climb trees too until I realized I wasn’t invincible. 🙂
Naomi says
ooh, that makes my mommy nerves act up! Too high!!!
Felissa (Two Little Cavaliers) says
Oh goodness. I would not be calm around a child climbing such a tall tree. I am not scared of heights I am scare of someone falling. You are one brave mommy.
Mikki says
What a great shot!
Oh my. I remember seeing posts of him when he was little.. he’s growing up so fast 🙂
Lolli says
My kids love climbing trees and it always gives me a heart attack to see them up so high. My nerves don’t settle until they are back down on the ground. I always picture the worst….probably because I am terribly afraid of heights. Strange that my kids didn’t get that from me.
Carrie says
both my kids are monkeys so I expect many pictures like that in my future 🙂
Happy WW!
Beth says
I could see my youngest trying this as he gets older. It scares me, but I can imagine the great pictures from both points of view 😉
Serendipity is Sweet says
wow, amazing pic. my son scares the heck outta me too when he climbs trees.
Paula Kiger says
Oh, boys and their adventures! What makes blogging win out over being overprotective? The fact that the shot may be better if he goes up another foot or two so we put overprotectiveness aside and encourage him to climb higher!!
JDaniel4's Mom says
My son climbins up two feet at two and I get nervous. I am not ready for extreme climbing yet.
JDaniel4's Mom says
My son climbs up two feet at two and I get nervous. I am not ready for extreme climbing yet.
I should not typed this early in the morning.
Larry H. says
I am so afraid of the day when our son decides to start climbing trees. It is important to let them explore, and I climbed trees as a child, but still it is scary when they get up so high.
Prem2Pram says
I too have a cheeky boy, my grandson http://prem2pram.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/wordless-wednesday-with-mr-linky/
@PamelaMKramer - A Renaissance Woman says
That is an awesome shot! Love the color.
Dominique says
Whao..that’s a really tall tree.. he must enjoy being up there.
Happy WW
k says
Boys! He’s sure is high up there though. 🙂
noelle says
yet another thing I get to look forward to having a boy, right?
would love the return visit
Jennifer-Eighty MPH Mom says
How cute! I love the colors in the background – that is really a neat shot!
Mrs. Cox says
What a little monkey! LOL I don’t blame you for telling him to get down. I would too 🙂
Mama Whimsy says
This is a wonderful pic! It always makes me smile to see kids climbing in trees, especially in our helicopter parenting society!
Anne says
The perspective on that shot is great! And also the sunlight at the bottom. That’s one brave boy! I’m scared of heights….
Janice says
Thanks! Yes – I really like the sunlight at the bottom. It made it feel like he was climbing higher than the sun. (Which it felt like to a nervous mom!)
And thanks for the feedback – I wasn’t sure if it was a “good enough” shot. I am tough on myself for WW.
Mimi says
Oh man, my son climbs our tree and it freaks me out every single time! *shaking my head* Being a mom is NOT easy! LOL
Janice says
It is brutal isn’t it! Not one easy day!
Mrs. Marine says
O-Geez that would freak me out!!! Very cool picture though!
Janice says
YA – it was a tough one. If he fell it would have been VERY serious! So I asked him not to climb that high again — pleeeaase!
Star Traci says
I’m not sure who is braver — you or Jackson!
🙂
Traci
Janice says
LOL – there was another father at the park and he thought I was NUTS!
Tammi says
Wow, great shot Janice!! Love the light and the height!
Nice rhyming, eh? lol
What kind of camera do you have again? What lens?
A girls’ gotta make her wish-list, right?
Have a great week,
Tammi
Janice says
Thanks!!! I have a Canon 50D and an L series 24-70mm lens. The lens is really nice – I had wanted it for years!!! And I use Lightroom to add that extra ummph. 🙂
Marni says
How cute! I could NEVER climb that high. Even young and in shape!
Janice says
Neither could I!!!
Cathi says
I adore climbing trees! Our grandchildren recently had the opportunity to climb a huge oak tree and we have awesome photos from the adventure! I bet Jackson would love your photo framed and hanging on the wall of his bedroom! Happy WW!
Janice says
Isn’t it great to have good climbing trees! 🙂
Carrie with Children says
Looks like you’ve got quite the dare devil on your hands! 🙂 Thanks for the linkup!
Janice says
He wasn’t though when he was small. But one day he started climbing a tree and realized how much fun it was!
Genny says
That is one of the best tree-climbing shots I’ve ever seen. Definitely one to save for the books! 🙂
Janice says
Thanks! I was wondering whether or not to post it. He got so much higher and the tree was so big that it didn’t really capture it that well. So thanks!
Natalie says
I’m such a chicken! I never would’ve climbed trees like that. I just hope my kids don’t inherit my chicken genes!
Janice says
I am a chicken too! But my mom said she loved to climb trees!